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Shehbaz Sharif thanks PM Modi for condolence message amid devastating floo
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 31 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his condolences over the human and material losses caused by massive floods in Pakistan.
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Pakistan floods: Over 33mn people affected, 6.4mn in dire need of aid, say
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 31 (ANI): More than 6.4 million people in Pakistan are in dire need of humanitarian aid as the devastating floods continue to wreak havoc in the country, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday.
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US announces USD 30mn in humanitarian aid for flood response in Pakistan
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 30 (ANI): The United States on Tuesday announced an additional USD 30 million in life-saving humanitarian assistance to support people and communities affected by severe flooding in Pakistan.
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UNHCR urges immediate support for millions caught in Pakistan floods
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], August 30 (ANI): UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, today urged support for a massive scale-up in emergency relief for millions of people in Pakistan hit by monsoon floods that have already killed more than 1,000 people.
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UN launches USD 160mn response plan as floods wreak havoc in Pakistan
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 30 (ANI): The "2022 Pakistan Floods Response Plan (FRP)" was jointly launched on Tuesday by the Government of Pakistan and the United Nations, simultaneously in Islamabad and Geneva, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) said
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"Pakistan facing monsoon on steroids," UN issues flash appeal amid devasta
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 30 (ANI): The United Nations issued a flash appeal on Tuesday for USD 160 million to help Pakistan deal with devastating floods that have killed over 1,000 people and affected millions of lives.
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Pakistan economy suffered USD 10bn loss due to floods, says FM Miftah Isma
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 29 (ANI): As Pakistan struggles to deal with the impact of the unprecedented floods, the country's Finance Minister Miftah Ismail said the flash floods have inflicted a loss of at least USD 10 billion on different sectors of its economy.
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Pegasus row: Goa Congress cancels protest march to Raj Bhawan in view of f
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Panjim (Goa) [India], July 27 (ANI): In view of the devastation caused due to unprecedented floods, Goa Pradesh Congress Committee has called off the protest march to Raj Bhavan against the alleged use of Pegasus spyware for snooping on Journalist and politicians and other state-related i
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Kerala Govt. to organise farewell for defence forces
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Trivandrum (Kerala) [India] Aug 22 (ANI): Kerala government will organize a farewell for various defence forces who helped in relief and rescue operations during recent unprecedented floods in the state, announced Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan while addressing a presser on Wednesday eve
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Kerala floods: Swamy blames improper contingency plan for devastation
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 19 (ANI): While the southern state of Kerala continues to reel under unprecedented floods, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy on Sunday pointed fingers at the Pinarayi Vijayan-led government for failing to develop a proper contingency plan leading
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