Navy deploys helicopters in flood-hit areas of Gwadar KARACHI: Pakistan Navy has extended relief and rescue operations to various small coastal villages of Balochistan... Published 04 Mar, 2024 04:15am
Print $3bn projects approved for flood-hit areas Ministry of Planning, Development and Special Initiatives approves 21 development projects Updated 06 Nov, 2023 10:17am
Pakistan Flood-hit areas in Sindh: Japan to provide $5.3m grant-in-aid for reconstructing educational facilities ISLAMABAD: The Government of Japan has agreed to provide new grant assistance worth 794 million Japanese Yen... Published 19 Oct, 2023 05:10am
Print Capacity issues hinder uplift projects in flood-hit areas: Foreign states, donors ready to finance $7.4bn ISLAMABAD: Many development projects could not be initiated in flood-affected areas due to capacity issues of the... Updated 14 Oct, 2023 05:32pm
Pakistan Flood-hit areas: 1.4m children in dire need of life-saving nutrition: UNICEF ISLAMABAD: United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has warned that 1.5 million children in flood-affected areas of... Published 26 Aug, 2023 06:13am
Pakistan Reconstruction of flood-hit areas: Country to get $4bn from $9bn pledged at Geneva moot: officials ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is to receive $4 billion out of over $9 billion pledged during the Geneva conference in January... Published 17 Jun, 2023 06:13am
Print Survey conducts in 15 flood-hit districts: Malnutrition among children alarmingly increased: UN ISLAMABAD: The United Nations (UN) on Tuesday said that malnutrition among children in flood-affected areas has... Updated 19 Apr, 2023 08:43am
Pakistan Govt exhorted to reactivate DVCs for safeguarding peasants’ rights HYDERABAD: Hari Welfare Association (HWA) has demanded to activate the District Vigilance Committees (DVCs) in all... Published 02 Jan, 2023 05:54am
Pakistan Flood-hit areas: Govt spent $1.5bn through its own resources: official ISLAMABAD: Secretary Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Syed Zafar Ali Shah Thursday said ... Published 30 Dec, 2022 05:50am
Print Flood-hit areas: PM reaffirms commitment to rehab, uplift Says that with constant hard work and help of the people of Pakistan, his government will succeed in pulling the country out of current crises Updated 27 Dec, 2022 09:47am
Pakistan Flood-hit areas: Civil society wants rehabilitation work to be expedited KARACHI: Representatives of civil society and human rights organisations on Tuesday demanded the government to... Published 14 Dec, 2022 07:37am
Print Flood-hit areas: Govt giving subsidy on tube wells ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has stated that the government is giving subsidy on tube wells to the... Updated 25 Nov, 2022 09:52am
Pakistan World Bank to provide $1.3bn to Pakistan for emergency, agriculture and housing relief Financial support will be offered to farmers in flood-affected areas across Pakistan Updated 16 Nov, 2022 11:03pm
Opinion PM’s package for farmers According to media reports, prime minister Shehbaz Sharif has announced a special financial package to promote... Published 05 Nov, 2022 05:53am
Pakistan Minister says next general elections to be held on time ISLAMABAD: Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal on Wednesday reiterated the next... Published 20 Oct, 2022 07:00am
Print Drain water out of flood-hit areas, PM tells provincial authorities ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday directed to take urgent steps for discharge of water from the... Published 18 Oct, 2022 06:41am
Pakistan Alkhidmat sends 24 truckloads of relief items to flood-hit areas KARACHI: Alkhidmat Karachi has sent more than 24 trucks carrying relief goods for the flood-affected people in ... Published 13 Oct, 2022 07:11am
Pakistan ECP upholds decision to hold by-elections on 16th ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday upheld its decision to hold by-elections on October... Published 12 Oct, 2022 07:10am
Print Emergency operations in flood-hit areas: World Bank says allocating $2bn from existing financed projects Country Director WB informs Finance Minister Ishaq Dar that around $1.5 billion would be mobilized this year due to the emergency situation Updated 10 Oct, 2022 09:36am
Print Railways resumes operations MULTAN: Pakistan Railways resumed train operation from Karachi to Peshawar with a new fare schedule, as water ... Updated 03 Oct, 2022 09:31am
Pakistan NA panel for availability of essential drugs in flood-hit areas ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Standing Committee on Cabinet Secretariat has directed the National Disaster... Published 01 Oct, 2022 04:20am
Pakistan Call for hepatitis-E vaccination drive in flood-hit areas LAHORE: Expressing concern over greater risk of water-borne diseases such as hepatitis-E, malaria, dengue, and... Published 30 Sep, 2022 05:52am
Pakistan ISA Foundation starts relief work in flood-hit areas KARACHI: Managing Director ISA Support Services Sunny Araf, a British-Pakistani humanitarian, has taken the... Published 30 Sep, 2022 05:52am
Opinion Floods, debt, and SDRs Pakistan is facing unprecedented floods of a profoundly catastrophic nature. While 3 million livestock have died in... Published 30 Sep, 2022 05:52am
Pakistan Bajwa directs personnel to help restore routine life in flood-hit areas RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa has directed army formations to focus on relief,... Published 29 Sep, 2022 07:36am
Pakistan Flood-hit areas need mass Hepatitis E vaccination drive LAHORE: Expressing concern over risks of water-borne diseases such as Hepatitis-E, malaria, dengue, and cholera in... Published 29 Sep, 2022 05:54am
Markets Incentives for wheat growers on the cards ISLAMABAD: The government is preparing a special incentives package for wheat growers in flood-hit areas aiming at... Published 28 Sep, 2022 07:40am
Pakistan Expats in Dubai dispatch 300 tonnes of aid to flood-hit areas ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Association Dubai (PAD) has dispatched 300 tonnes of aid to Pakistan’s different flood-hit... Published 26 Sep, 2022 07:20am
Pakistan Students from flood-hit areas to get fee deferral, says HEC ISLAMABAD: Higher Education Commission (HEC), Chairman Dr Mukhtar Ahmed has announced that the students from... Published 26 Sep, 2022 07:13am
Print UN chief to arrange donors’ moot: PM ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday said that United Nations Secretary General Antonio... Updated 26 Sep, 2022 10:04am