The evacuations continued from Lalika, Chavika, Wazirka, Kot Makhdoom, Bonga Ehsan, Kaku Bodla, Pir Sikandar, Kalia Shah, Jodhika, and other nearby areas on Saturday in view of recent warnings issued by the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) and the Provincial Disaster Management
Canada's British Columbia province declared a state of emergency as the firefighters battled wildfires that forced thousands of people to evacuate from their homes.
The Lahore High Court received a writ petition on Tuesday asking it to issue instructions to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to initiate references against all members of national and provincial assemblies who failed to include information about their Toshakhana (gift repository) i
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazl (JUI-F) supremo urged his party workers to stay peaceful and immediately reach the hospital to donate blood for the injured people. He demanded that the federal and provincial governments provide medical facilities to injured people.
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.
Ahead of Ashura, the Balochistan government suspended internet services and mobile phones on Wednesday in the provincial capital Quetta to maintain the law and order situation in the city, according to ARY News.
The provincial Sindh government in Pakistan informed the assembly, that teh shortage of water would continue to persist until the completion of the K-IV, or Greater Karachi Water Supply Scheme, Dawn reported on Monday.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) in its latest report said nine people had died over the last 24 hours, including two in Swat, two in Battagram, four in Mansehra and one in Buner.
The overflowing river water damaged at least eight more houses and four commercial properties while the current swept away four motorcycles and several farm animals, among other possessions.
A traffic accident in Afghanistan’s western province of Badghis on Friday killed three people, including a truck driver, according to a provincial official, Khaama Press reported.
The sources indicated that the party had finalised the name of former Karachi commissioner Shoaib Siddiqui for the top provincial spot for the caretaker setup.