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UN appeal to seek USD 600m more for flood-affected Pakistan
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 1 (ANI): The United Nations is set to launch another appeal this week for an additional USD 600 million to Pakistan to help the country recover from the impact of the record-breaking floods.
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Pakistan Floods: World Bank to provide USD 323 billion to farmers in flood
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], October 1 (ANI): In the wake of the devastating floods across Pakistan, the World Bank is set to aid the farmers of flood-affected regions in Sindh with USD 323 billion in order to provide subsidies for fertilisers and certified seeds.
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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 floods: Over 60,000 pregnant women lack maternal health services
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 30 (ANI): The floods that ravaged one-third of Pakistan have left about 600,000 pregnant women lacking maternal health services including a huge impact on the health facilities for children, media reports said citing a state minister.
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Pakistan Railways grind to a halt amid crippling fuel crisis
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], September 30 (ANI): The worsening fuel crisis in Pakistan has resulted in the disruption of Pakistan Railways (PR) services with trains gradually coming to a standstill.
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Pakistan: Amid financial crisis, Punjab govt approves PKR 1.33 billion for
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 28 (ANI): Pakistan's Punjab province approved PKR (Pakistani Rupees) 1.33 billion to purchase 133 VIP protocol and luxury vehicles for their government functionaries and officers when the country is facing a flood, food crisis, unemployment, poverty and inflat
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Pakistan spends USD 450 million on F-16 package from US, amid USD 28 billi
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 27 (ANI): While Pakistan at UNGA recently urged the international communities to help it with economic losses amid the unprecedented flooding, which is estimated to be USD 28 billion, on the other hand, it recently received F-16-related equipment from the Unit
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Children succumb to water-borne diseases after floods wreak havoc in Pakis
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Sindh [Pakistan], September 27 (ANI): Amid the ongoing devastation caused by floods across Pakistan, children are dying from cholera, an acute diarrheal illness contracted by drinking water contaminated with bacteria.
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Pakistan authorities' negligence leaves locals of Gilgit Baltistan in mise
Updated : 3 years, 5 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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Protest held outside Pakistan HC in London against govt's ignorance of Sin
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
London [UK], September 26 (ANI): The World Sindhi Congress (WSC) on Sunday protested by holding a hunger strike in front of the Pakistan High Commission in London to protest against the negligence of the Pakistan government amid unprecedented floods that led to the virtual drowning of Sindh
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Around 4,000 cases of infectious diseases reported in Pakistan in 24 hours
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Balochistan [Pakistan], September 25 (ANI): At least 3,963 new cases of diarrhoea, skin infections, and malaria were reported in the last 24 hours in the worst-hit province of Balochistan, as Pakistan faces the aftermath of devastating floods.
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Imran Khan's party terms PM Sharif's speech at UNGA 'copy paste' version o
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 24 (ANI): Imran Khan's party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Saturday termed prime minister Shehbaz Sharif's speech at the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) as a copy-paste version of Imran Khan's speech at the same platform.
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