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Pakistan flood-hit farmers move climate justice case in Germany against to
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
"Our farmers are paying the price for emissions they did not cause," he said, stressing the need for accountability from major polluters and compensation for affected communities.
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Pakistan estimates $2.9 billion in flood damages
Updated : 4 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Speaking at an event to launch the ministry's monthly development update and the preliminary flood damage assessment report on Friday, Iqbal said a detailed post-disaster needs assessment exercise is underway to determine the exact economic losses resulting from the calamity.
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LeT deputy chief Saifullah Kasuri threatens PM Modi, accuses India of "wat
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
LeT deputy chief and Pahalgam attack mastermind Saifullah Kasuri, in a viral video, threatened PM Modi while praising Pakistan Army Chief Asim Munir as "Field Marshal," accusing India of "doing water terrorism" and claiming it caused Pakistan's floods through "uncontrolled water release."
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Pakistan govt admits floods to worsen inflation, disrupt food supply chain
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Pakistan's Finance Ministry warned that ongoing floods may temporarily push inflation to 3.5-4.5% in September by disrupting food supply chains, Dawn reported. Despite this, large-scale manufacturing, remittances and exports showed resilience, helping the economy maintain stability with an e
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Pakistan: PML-N, PPP publicly spar over flood relief, aid appeals in Punja
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
A heated exchange between leaders of Pakistan's two federal coalition partners has exposed growing tensions beneath their public display of unity, centred around how to provide aid to the people affected by the recent floods in the country's Punjab province, The Express Tribune reported.
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Over 1000 people dead due to floods in Pakistan
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Pakistan's National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has reported that at least 1,006 people have died and 3.02 million have been rescued across Pakistan amid severe rains and flash floods since June 26
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Floods ravage Pakistan's breadbasket, over 2.2-million-acre farmland hit
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Rice crop losses have been estimated at over 1 million acres of standing production. Citing the provincial authorities, Samaa reported that the floods have caused extensive damage to rice, sugarcane, corn, and cotton across Punjab. Standing sugarcane crops spread over 2.5 million acres were
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Pakistan: Nearly 2.5 million evacuated in Punjab as flood water begins to
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Floods in south Punjab have displaced nearly 2.5 million people, killed 101, and devastated villages, though water is now receding, *Dawn* reported. Massive evacuation efforts, including 1,500 rescue boats, continue as relief teams supply food and medicine, with authorities declaring Jalalpu
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Pakistan: Flood threat recedes in south Punjab as rescue, relief operation
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
The flood situation in Pakistan's South Punjab is gradually improving, with water levels significantly dropping in many areas as authorities declared Jalalpur Pirwala and Alipur tehsils of Multan district safe after a massive flood wave passed through Head Panjnad, easing fears of further de
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Pakistan's Punjab faces major floods crisis, 97 people killed
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
The floods are creating a severe humanitarian crisis, inundating low-lying areas, displacing large populations, and destroying hundreds of acres of standing crops.
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Human rights body holds Pakistan responsible for flood crisis
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
According to the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, the disaster cannot be dismissed as a purely natural calamity; instead, it is the outcome of reckless planning, illegal land occupation, deforestation, corruption, and the government's persistent failure to act on climate change.
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Pakistan: Survivors abandoned in floods slam government over ruined homes,
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Entire neighbourhoods near the Ravi River have been devastated by unprecedented flooding, forcing dozens of families to abandon their homes and seek refuge in temporary shelters. Residents say six to eight feet of water has entered their houses, collapsing walls, destroying floors, and subme
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