Flood in Pakistan Since its creation, Pakistan has faced severe floods in 1950, 1956, 1957, 1973, 1976, 1978, 1988, 1992 and now in 2010 record flood peak discharges. Floods of various magnitudes occurred between 1922 and 2010. These floods affected the basins of the rivers in Punjab and Sindh. In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK), Balochistan, FATA, […]
Karachi: Pakistan, being a witness to a series of floods, droughts, heatwaves and erratic rain patterns in recent years caused by climate change, continues to describe such calamities as a natural phenomenon. The debate over the effects of human-induced climatic changes is, however, yet to take centre stage in the county. Bringing the topic under […]
Islamabad: Senator Mushahidullah Khan said yesterday that forests are a major defence line against negative impacts of climate change, particularly floods, droughts, groundwater depletion and sea intrusion. “However, all efforts aim at tackling climate change and its negative impacts will definitely fail, if deforestation continues,” warned Khan during his key note address to the inaugural […]
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