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Pakistan: Flood victims in Sindh awaiting relief
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
A majority of the families affected by floods last year are still awaiting relief from the government, as many are forced to live without houses.
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Pakistan: Sutlej River continues to see ‘high’ flood levels at two points
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
As per the Pakistan Meteorological Department’s (PMD) Flood Forecasting Division (FFD), the flow of water at Islam Headworks at 1 pm on Saturday was 147,230 cusecs, nearly three times the normal flow, while it was recorded at 122,326 cusecs at Ganda Singh Wala Headworks.
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Flood waters have gone but horror continues for children in Pakistan, UNIC
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Millions of children in Pakistan remain dependent on humanitarian assistance as recovery and rehabilitation efforts from last year’s catastrophic floods lack sufficient funding, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned on Friday.
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PoK: Gilgit-Baltistan lawmakers allege misuse of funds for flood victims,
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Members of the Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly have demanded an investigation into alleged corruption and misuse of funds provided for the rehabilitation of flood-affected people in the region, reported Dawn.
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Pakistan: Five including 4 girls die in Balochistan amid heavy rainfall
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
At least five people, including four girls, died in flash floods in Quetta as the torrential rains lashed the various districts of Balochistan province in Pakistan, Dawn reported.
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Hundreds of villages submerge in various areas of Pakistan’s Punjab
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Hundreds of villages in various areas of Pakistan’s Punjab have submerged under water due to low to medium floods in the Ravi, Sutlej, and Indus rivers, Dawn reported.
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Pak PM Shehbaz instructs authorities to make foolproof arrangements for ha
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday instructed authorities to make foolproof arrangements for handling a flood-like situation in the Ravi, Chenab and Sutlej rivers, Dawn reported.
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Pakistan: PM Shehbaz Sharif approves Rs 25 billion aid for flood victims
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has approved to provide Rs 25 billion aid for flood victims, to address the reservations of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), Geo News reported.
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Pakistan: Shortage of water to affect Kharif crops
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The water regulator, however, could not bridge differences between the two large provinces over the conveyance losses. As a result, the meeting set up a committee led by IRSA's member for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa "to determine actual system conveyance losses to resolve the issue", the regulator sa
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World Bank reduces Pakistan's growth forecast to 0.4 per cent
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Increasing interest rates and uncertainty in financial markets have further enhanced pressure on Pakistan's economy, with future economic prospects heavily reliant on structural reform.
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Pak's Karachi submerged in 2022 despite millions pumped by World Bank: Rep
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Despite pouring millions of dollars into Pakistan, the country's biggest city, Karachi was submerged during the extreme flooding last year due to decades of neglect by the authorities to the Karachi's sewage and waste disposal systems that created the perfect recipe for flooding in the city,
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Only 3 per cent of World Bank's USD 100 million funding used to flood-proo
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Less than three per cent of the World Bank's budget, which it gave as loans to the local Sindh government, has been spent, after three years.
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