Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Friday highlighted the devastation Pakistan has witnessed due to the recent catastrophic floods and called for “building a wall” against the menace of climate change, reports Dawn.com. “I have never before seen this kind of devastation,” the prime minister said, as he addressed the Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s (SCO) Council […]
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GILGIT: Officials from Gilgit-Baltistan have warned of a growing food shortage in the region as heavy traffic remains suspended on Karakoram Highway (KKH) in the wake of flooding across the country. Flash floods, which have killed nearly 1,500 people and displaced more than 33 million in Pakistan, had damaged the KKH at Kohistan on Aug
Zar Alam Khan While the long snowy winter is around the corner in Upper Chitral, families displaced by floods in remote Yarkhun valley are struggling with shortage of food and absence of shelter as help is not reaching them due to accessibility issues. The floods washed away 74 houses in three villages of Yarkhun and
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With more than a one-third of Pakistan affected by flooding, millions of people are in need of food, shelter and medical care. Researchers, along with the government, international aid agencies and local organizations are racing to provide assistance to the affected people . Nature spoke with Sajid Soofi and Zahid Memon, who study women’s and
BOONI: An 11-year-old girl died after being brought to the Tehsil Headquarters (THQ) Hospital of Booni on Thursday due to alleged negligence of the hospital staff. Reports circulating on social media showed the father of the girl staging a sit-in on the premises of the hospital and refusing to receive the dead body of his
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ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Medical Council has postponed the Medical and Dental Colleges Admissions Test (MDCAT) in view of the flood situation in the country, announcement Minister for National Health Services and Regulations Abdul Qadir Patel at a news conference in Islamabad, Radio Pakistan reported. He said electricity and internet services remained disconnected in various parts of
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PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mahmood Khan has approved the provision of cash compensation for rehabilitation of houses that were destroyed in the recent floods. Chairing the first meeting of a committee to oversee the management and utilization of Chief Minister’s Flood Relief Fund here on Tuesday, Mahmood Khan directed the concerned authorities for opening
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BOONI: A young man, in his early twenties, committed suicide by jumping into Chitral river from Booni bridge earlier today. According to information received by the control room of Rescue 1122, he was identified as Syed Hussain Shah belonging to Mastuj, Upper Chitral. Rescue 1122 teams have started searching for the dead body at different
PESHAWAR: In an attempt to minimize the effects of climate change and to fight against the challenges associated with it, Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mahmood Khan has formally approved the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Climate Change policy 2022 alongside the requisite action plan that encompasses the necessary steps required to rise up against the challenge. As per
ISLAMABAD (APP): The Aga Khan Agency for Habitat (AKAH)\’s early warning system and a team of trained Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) volunteers helped safely evacuate more than 8,000 people in the recent floods that played havoc in the country. The Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) in Pakistan, immediately mobilised its agencies including AKAH, Aga
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