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Flood disaster relief efforts help cash-strapped Pakistan mobilise interna
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
According to the Geo-politik, Pakistan, which has severely mismanaged its economy, has now used the pretext of flood devastation and consequent humanitarian crisis to get international assistance.
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Almost 90 pc pledges made at Geneva to roll out in next 3 years: Pak Finan
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
"Almost 90 per cent of the pledges made by the international community at the donors' conference in Geneva for flood-hit Pakistan were project loans that will be rolled out over the next three years," said Pakistan Finance Minister Ishaq Dar.
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PoK on the verge of food riots as it grapples with flour shortage
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) is on the verge of food riots as large parts of the region, including Bagh and Muzaffarabad, are facing an unprecedented flour shortage with people holding Islamabad and the PoK government squarely responsible for the acute food shortages.
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California residents asked to leave homes as rains flood US state
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Relentless storms over the last 11 days have left no part of the city untouched, flooding towns from north to south and loading inland mountains with snow.
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World Bank slashes Pakistan GDP growth projection to 2 per cent
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Pakistan's economic condition is precarious with low foreign exchange reserves and large fiscal and current account deficits, has further worsened by severe flooding.
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4 million children living near contaminated floodwater in Pakistan: UNICEF
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Many families in Jacobabad have little more than mere cloth to cover their temporary shelters by stagnant flood waters while temperatures have dropped to seven-degree celsius at night.
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US announces USD 100 million for Pakistan's flood recovery and reconstruct
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Addressing a press briefing on Monday, Ned Price said that new financial assistance will be used for flood protection and governance disease.
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USD 8 billion pledged to help recover from flood damage, says Pak informat
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The International Conference on Climate Resilient Pakistan, co-hosted by the UN brought together Governments, leaders from the public and private sectors and civil society to secure international support for Pakistan after the devastating floods of 2022.
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UN seeks funds for Pakistan after last year's devastating floods
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday sought "massive investments" for Pakistan to help it recover from damage caused by devastating floods that ravaged the country last year.
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Pak reels as prices of essential food items head north: Report
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Factors such as higher import and transportation costs, crop availability, demand and supply gap, hoarding, exchange rate issues, and the ongoing economic crisis have resulted in uncontrolled inflation in Pakistan, even on essential food items, the Dawn reported, adding that the condition wa
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Research explains how climate change can impact Indian Ocean dipole
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Researchers now have a much better understanding of how climate change can impact and cause seawater temperatures on one side of the Indian Ocean to be so much warmer or cooler than the temperatures on the other, a phenomenon that can lead to sometimes deadly weather-related events like mega
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Pakistan contemplating Windfall Tax on profits of banking sector
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The government is ascertaining the exact levels of windfall profits extracted by the banking sector through recent currency manipulation. The policymakers may slap a tax at a rate whereby there is no threat of choking the banking sector.
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