Tag: floods

Ganga Bai, 10, in a blink of an eye, had lost her home, childhood, books, pencils, toys, and almost everything. ...

On 26 August 2023, as heavy rain poured over the Kachhi district, 220,000 cusecs of flood water passed through the ...

The heat from the sun penetrates my scalp as I visually scan the makeshift medical camp our volunteers have set ...

Almost five months after massive flooding and unanticipated rainfall drowned large swathes of Pakistan, the country is still grappling with ...

ISLAMABAD: Federal Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has urged the United States to use their diplomatic influence for convincing the International ...

The United States has promised Pakistan that it will continue to support Islamabad’s efforts to reform its economy and help ...

Finance minister Ishaq Dar said that the coalition government inherited a weak economy, but is focusing on "fixing things to ...

One of the most significant developments of 2021 was the agreement on Loss and Damage Funds at the COP27. The ...

Four months since the monsoon floods wreaked havoc across the country, Shafiullah is still living in a tent with his ...

Pakistani officials were increasingly concerned Thursday whether next week’s UN-backed conference in Geneva will succeed in raising the billions of ...

Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, the son of the late Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and President Asif Ali Zardari, has started ...

Sindh Labour Minister Saeed Ghani said on Saturday that the provincial government seeks cooperation from non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and charities ...

n a scene reminiscent of a gangster film, armed men clad in black guard a bulldozed wheat farm, where newly ...

Exactly thirty years ago, marred by a succession of scandals involving the British royal family, the late Queen Elizabeth labeled ...

There is little that Jehangir Malik and Jose Dominic, two enterprising men running their hospitality ventures, could have in common. ...

The frequency and ferocity of these natural disasters has been increasing over the past years eventually resulting in widespread displacement ...

As Pakistan’s climate change minister Sherry Rehman attends this year’s UN climate summit in Egypt, high up on her agenda ...

During the European Summer 2022 heatwave which brought with itself unbearable temperatures and wildfires, this writer found herself in London ...

The geographical location of Pakistan is ardently celebrated by many ‘patriotic’ historians. This perspective had many proponents until the recent ...

The Ministry of Planning's Post-Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA) report has estimated final damages and losses from the devastating floods to ...

In scorching heat, beneath the shadow of the acacia tree, Lakhano Mangsi is sitting, carrying a water bottle on his ...

While Pakistan is in the deadly grip of devastating floods and political uncertainties, it appears the most interesting piece of ...

Humanising the statistics on the rural poor in Pakistan has always been a challenge. In a country which has become ...

Awami Jamhoori Party (AJP) held a protest on October 3, 2022 to demand rehabilitation of flood-affected areas. The protestors blamed ...

Although the impacts of climate change have been visible in Pakistan for the past many years but the floods this ...

Pakistan is unsuccessfully trying to get out of a disaster situation. The country has received almost 190 percent more rain ...