Pakistan urged to open up India route to flood aid SHIKARPUR: Global aid has started arriving in Pakistan as the scale of flood devastation unfolds, with planes... Updated 01 Sep, 2022 09:31am
Print Cash for flood-hit areas, BISP obligation: Ministry of poverty alleviation looks to ECC ISLAMABAD: Ministry of Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety has sought approval of funds from the ECC of the... Updated 01 Sep, 2022 09:27am
Print Foreign funded projects: More funds will be sought from donors: Aisha ISLAMABAD: The government will seek additional funds from donors for the Foreign Funded Projects (FFPs) which... Updated 01 Sep, 2022 09:32am
Pakistan Minimising human losses: NDMA asked to prepare SOPs ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal on Tuesday directed the... Published 31 Aug, 2022 05:50am
Print UN appeals for $160.3m: ‘Pakistan is awash in sufferings’ ISLAMABAD: The United Nations and the Government of Pakistan on Tuesday jointly launched a flash appeal, “2022... Updated 31 Aug, 2022 09:48am
Pakistan Floods have killed 1,136 people and destroyed 1m houses: NDMA ISLAMABAD: Flash floods triggered by monsoon rains in Pakistan while causing countrywide death and destruction so ... Published 30 Aug, 2022 06:56am
Pakistan National Flood Response and Coordination Centre established ISLAMABAD: A joint meeting of the government’s coalition partners has established a “National Flood Response and... Published 30 Aug, 2022 06:21am
Print PM reaches out to flood affected people in KP PESHAWAR: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday visited the flood relief camps in district Nowshera and Charsadda... Updated 30 Aug, 2022 09:30am
Print Tens of millions battle floods SUKKUR: Tens of millions of people across swathes of country were Monday battling the worst monsoon floods in a... Updated 30 Aug, 2022 09:28am
Pakistan Floods disaster: PIA to airlift relief goods free of cost KARACHI: In order to play it’s part in the national level relief efforts undertaken for the flood affectees in... Published 29 Aug, 2022 08:01am
Business & Finance Countrywide floods: BMP questions ability of NDMA, govts to mitigate suffering LAHORE: The FPCCI’s Businessmen Panel (BMP) on Sunday asked the government to form a comprehensive strategic plan... Published 29 Aug, 2022 07:53am
Pakistan Flood relief efforts: world community urged to come forward ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister’s Special Representative for Interfaith Harmony and Middle East Hafiz Tahir Mehmood... Published 29 Aug, 2022 05:44am
Opinion Floods ‘mimic 2010’? Tragically, the country is witnessing another super flood within a span of twelve years. The impact assessment is... Published 29 Aug, 2022 05:44am
Print Sindh braces for deluge from northern rivers SUKKUR: Flooded Sindh province braced Sunday for a fresh deluge from swollen rivers in the north as the death toll... Updated 29 Aug, 2022 09:41am
Pakistan Ongoing calamity more dangerous than floods of 2010, says Ahsan ISLAMABAD: Minister for Planning and Development and Chairman of the Federal Flood Relief Committee Ahsan Iqbal has... Published 28 Aug, 2022 06:10am
Print Distribution begins in Sindh: Rs38bn allocated for flood relief efforts: PM SAJAWAL: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday said that the federal government had allocated a grant... Updated 28 Aug, 2022 11:10am
Print Let’s rise above our differences, PM asks nation ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has called upon people to come together as one nation in order to support... Updated 28 Aug, 2022 11:08am
Pakistan Flash floods: Govt alerts concerned authorities ISLAMABAD: The government, on Friday, advised all concerned authorities to remain alert and take all necessary... Published 27 Aug, 2022 07:07am
Opinion Flood havoc and role of NDMA Once again a national disaster in the shape of massive flooding has wreaked havoc across much of Pakistan and once... Published 27 Aug, 2022 05:49am
Print Flood relief likely to find focus PM speaks to army chief, NDMA chairman Updated 22 Aug, 2022 09:36am
Pakistan PM Shehbaz, Army Chief discuss relief operations in flood hit areas Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday discussed with Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa and... Published 21 Aug, 2022 06:22pm
Pakistan Flood-hit areas of Sindh: PM directs NDMA, PDMA to pace up relief activities ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday directed the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) and... Published 19 Aug, 2022 06:59am
Pakistan Losses by floods in Balochistan: Survey will begin from 20th, PM told ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif was informed on Wednesday that a joint survey by the PDMA and the National... Published 18 Aug, 2022 05:27am
Pakistan Recent heavy rains, flash floods: NDMA directed to jointly conduct damage assessment survey: minister ISLAMABAD: Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal on Wednesday said that a joint... Published 18 Aug, 2022 05:27am
Pakistan Flood warning in DGK Division: Govt considering evacuating people from vulnerable areas LAHORE: After the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) issued a flood warning due to heavy rains in DG Khan... Published 16 Aug, 2022 03:59am
Pakistan Flood-affected areas: PM orders Rs50,000 per family financial assistance thru BISP ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has directed that Rs50,000 per family instead of Rs30,000 should be... Updated 16 Aug, 2022 09:30am
Pakistan Balochistan flood victims: NDMA dispatches more relief items ISLAMABAD: The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) on Sunday dispatched further relief items along with... Published 15 Aug, 2022 05:41am
Print Three dams, link roads swept away: Six more die; Balochistan still facing rain ravages Number of rain-related deaths reached 188 in Balochistan Updated 14 Aug, 2022 10:07am
Print ECC approves Rs5bn TSG for NDMA ISLAMABAD: A special meeting of the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet, Saturday, approved Rs5... Updated 07 Aug, 2022 01:13pm
Print SBP opens PM’s flood relief fund account KARACHI: Following the federal government directives, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has opened the “Prime... Updated 07 Aug, 2022 01:14pm