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Pakistan: Flood relief, economy takes backstage; debate over next Army Chi
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 30 (ANI): Debate in Pakistan, even amid flash floods and economic turmoil, remains pinned on who should be appointed as the next Army Chief in the next snap elections, Geo Politica reported.
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Pakistan authorities' negligence leaves locals of Gilgit Baltistan in mise
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Gilgit Baltistan [Pakistan], September 26 (ANI): Locals of the Hoper nullah area in Nagar district of Gilgit Baltistan have complained that despite the recent unprecedented flooding, not a single official visited the area to ascertain the magnitude of the disaster, leaving the people of the
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Pakistan in severe liquidity crunch amid ravaging floods
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 10 (ANI): Pakistan's macroeconomic vulnerabilities are not going anywhere as the country is reeling under a severe dollar liquidity crunch while the recent flash floods have aggravated.
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Catastrophic floods affect 30 out of 34 provinces of Afghanistan: Report
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 2 (ANI): Flash floods in Afghanistan have affected more than 100,000 people this year, devastating 30 of the country's 34 provinces, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs' (OCHA) report.
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China heatwave highlights economic damage wrought by global warming
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Beijing [China], September 1 (ANI): China has been hit by record temperatures, flash floods and droughts this summer, making the country the most climatically vulnerable place with increasing frequency of natural disasters and declining air quality in its industrial centre, Financial Post, a
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Pakistan economy suffered USD 10bn loss due to floods, says FM Miftah Isma
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 29 (ANI): As Pakistan struggles to deal with the impact of the unprecedented floods, the country's Finance Minister Miftah Ismail said the flash floods have inflicted a loss of at least USD 10 billion on different sectors of its economy.
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UN to launch USD 160 million appeal for Pakistan: Report
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 28 (ANI): United Nations will launch a USD 160 million appeals for Pakistan, the country currently witnessing a devastating flood situation, according to media reports.
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Over 2 lakh houses destroyed in Pakistan floods: UN report
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 27 (ANI): A United Nations relief agency in its report said that at least 2,18,000 houses were completely destroyed and 458 thousand houses were damaged in the past two weeks in Pakistan floods.
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Pakistan Floods: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa govt imposes rain emergency due to gus
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [Pakistan], August 27 (ANI): Due to flash floods triggered by heavy rains, the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) government imposed a rain emergency in many districts including Swat on Friday.
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Torrential rain worsens situation in Afghanistan, flash floods forecasted
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 26 (ANI): While Afghanistan continues to witness heavy downpours, the Afghanistan Meteorological Department (AMD) has issued a warning for thunderstorms and flash floods in twenty-four provinces of Afghanistan.
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Heavy flooding in Afghanistan causes economic and human losses
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 25 (ANI): Torrential rains in central and southern provinces of Afghanistan, has resulted in the loss of human lives and severe economic damage as flood-related fatalities continue to add to the miseries of Afghan citizens.
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Nearly 100 people die in flash floods in Afghanistan
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 23 (ANI): Due to heavy rain and flash flooding in Afghanistan, 95 people were killed, hundreds of others injured and swept away thousands of homes in Afghanistan, according to authorities in the crisis-hit country.
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