PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa relief, rehabilitation and settlement department has come up with the Monsoon Contingency Plan for the province declaring 16 districts highly vulnerable to floods during the upcoming rainy season. Of these districts, 10 districts are at a “very high risk” and six at a “high risk” from flooding, according to the plan.
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ROSTOV-ON-DON/VORONEZH: Mutinous Russian mercenary fighters headed towards Moscow on Saturday after seizing a southern city overnight, with Russia’s military firing on them from the air but seemingly incapable of slowing their lightning advance. Facing the first serious challenge to his grip on power of his 23-year rule, President Vladimir Putin vowed to crush an armed
RESHUN: Residents of Reshun today held a protest gathering against inflated bills for electricity supplied to them from the local powerhouse. The participants of the gathering announced that they would not pay bills at the rate of more than Rs4 per unit for the electricity generated in their own area. They decided that if the
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BOONI: Secours Islamique France (SIF) Pakistan has launched a pilot project focused on reducing local vulnerability to disasters through climate change adaptation and disaster risk management. The project was officially launched at an inception workshop held in Booni on June 22, 2023. Deputy Commissioner Upper Chitral Muhammad Khalid Zaman was the chief guest. Government departments, line
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ISLAMABAD: Minister for Planning and Development Prof Ahsan Iqbal on Thursday said the government had earmarked Rs25 billion for imparting elementary education to drop-out children in the country. Addressing the Pakistan Learning Conference 2023, he expressed confidence that investing in early childhood education would lead to a significant reduction in dropout rates and enable children
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