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Pakistan PM appeals for 'additional funds' after floods
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 19 (ANI): Battered by the unprecedented floods, cash-strapped Pakistan is looking for additional funds to rebuild the country after the natural disaster pushed its economy to the brink.
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Is Pakistan flood catastrophe linked only to climate change?
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 14 (ANI): The Pakistan government led by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has washed its hands of its responsibility and blamed climate change for the floods in the country, but the reality is that it failed in providing a quick response which could have mitigated
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Earthquake of magnitude 5.2 strikes Myanmar
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Naypyidaw [Myanmar], September 30 (ANI): An earthquake of magnitude 5.2 jolted Myanmar on Friday, according to the National Centre for Seismology.
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Blinken urges Pakistan to seek debt relief from China amid floods
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 28 (ANI): As Pakistan is facing devastating floods, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has called on Islamabad to seek debt relief from Beijing to deal with the natural disaster.
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Over 2 lakh people affected by natural disasters in Afghanistan: Report
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 28 (ANI): Occurrences of floods and earthquakes across several provinces of Afghanistan have affected more than 2,23,000 people over the past several months, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in a report.
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Flood-hit Pakistanis unhappy with government response
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 22 (ANI): A majority of Pakistanis are unhappy with the government's response to the unprecedented natural disaster that has ravaged millions of lives in the cash-strapped country, according to a survey.
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Floods in Pakistan put education of 3.5 million children in jeopardy: UN R
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Sindh [Pakistan], September 11 (ANI): Following the visit of UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to Pakistan to extend support to flood victims, the United Nations released a report on Friday and said that the natural disaster had interrupted the education of nearly 3.5 million children in
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Pakistan records highest ever weekly inflation in decades amid calamitous
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 3 (ANI): The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) on Friday stated that the inflation measured by the Sensitive Price Index (SPI) rose steeply in the previous week climbing to a record 45.5 per cent year-on-year in September, the highest level in a decade.
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Study reveals climate change-related incidents pose negative effects on ps
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 3 (ANI): As the heavy monsoon rains and floods continue to play havoc with people's lives and resources in Pakistan, analysts have climate change produces negative effects on the psychological and reproductive health of women who bear the major brunt of disast
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Anger erupts over inept govt response to floods in Pakistan
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 2 (ANI): At least 1,186 people have died from the floods in Pakistan, leaving affected residents angry at the lack of help being provided to them as this natural disaster disrupts life and pose threat to food security and the economy.
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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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Pak Planning Minister warns of acute food shortage amid grim flood situati
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 30 (ANI): As Pakistan continues to battle the country's worst monsoon floods, the Federal Minister of Planning and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal on Monday warned that the country will be confronted with acute food shortages in the near term.
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