The government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) has declared a rain emergency in several districts of the province till August 30 after the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) warned of “high to very high floods” in the Swat River. Key developments: Emergency declared in several KP districts till Aug 30 in view of floods Bridges, schools
Col (r) Ikram Ullah Khan This often-quoted phrase making the title of my write-up refers to the legend of Roman Emperor Nero playing the lyre as Rome burned down. This old English phrase \”Nero fiddles while Rome burns\” perfectly fits into the apathetic and self-serving attitude of our political leadership belonging to both government and
CHITRAL: Due the incessant rains and floods, the government has announced that all public and private schools will be closed for five days from tomorrow (Friday). In a notification issued on Thursday, the district administration of Lower Chitral said the decision had been taken in line with the government instructions and keeping and in view
RESHUN: Rain and flooding in streams and dry nullahs continued across Chitral, adding to the miseries of people and causing more damages to their properties. Bindugol has again flooded and blocked the flow of the river due to which the bridge in front of Shogram is likely to ve affected cutting links between areas on
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A.M. Khan The continuous spell of torrential rains in large part of the country, and flash floods in different streams in Chitral, have wreaked heavy devastations to homes, livelihoods, roads, bridges and land communications, water supplies, hydel power and transmissions and institutions. As the rainfall intermittently continues in Chitral, people in flood-hit and flood-prone areas
