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Floods: government’s indifference

By: RIAZ AKBAR THIS refers to news report (Sept 23) wherein flood caused Rs18 billion loss in Nasirabad and Jaffarabad districts in Balochistan. This shows the apathy of the provincial government and the provincial disaster management authority (PDMA). The provincial government ignores allocation of funds for floods even after having bitter experiences in the last […]


Forgotten flood

Whereas the 2010 and 2011 floods made headlines, those that struck this year have somehow gone virtually unnoticed. Only rarely does news of havoc caused by floods hits the headlines. The world seems not to have noticed and even within the country, there is a lack of awareness about the miserable state in which millions […]


Around 2.8m affected in 15 flood-hit districts

KARACHI: Around 2.8 million people in 15 districts of Sindh, Balochistan and Punjab have been affected by the latest floods, including 1.4 million children (of which 392,000 children are under the age of five). “Children from very poor families are among the worst affected by the severe flooding and they need our immediate help,” said […]


1.5 million affected by flood

QUETTA: The president of the Balochistan chapter of PPP, Mir Sadiq Umrani, said on Sunday that over 400 people had lost their lives and crops worth Rs22 billion had been destroyed in floods in Naseerabad division. Addressing a press conference, he said the government had provided foodstuffs only to 3 per cent of the people […]


Pakistan Red Crescent Society extends flood-hit medical cover for 3 months

DERA GHAZI KHAN: The Pakistan Red Crescent Society (PRCS) has announced extending medical cover to the residents of flood-affected areas for three months besides provision of six water filtration plants for DG Khan, Rajanpur, Jacobabad, Qamber Shadad Kot, Nasirabad and Jaferabad with a capacity of 3,000 litre per hour. This was announced by PRCS Chairman […]


No ban on local NGOs working in flood-hit areas of Balochistan: National Disaster Management Authority

QUETTA: The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) Chairman Dr Zafar Iqbal Qadir has said there is no ban on local non-governmental organisations working in flood-hit areas of Balochistan. Addressing a news conference at Quetta Press Club and later talking to APP here on Friday, he said “We have not imposed ban on local NGOs of […]


Flood death toll rises to 422: National Disaster Management Authority

ISLAMABAD: The National Disaster Management Authority said on Friday that 50 more deaths had been reported from flood-hit areas of Sindh. NDMA chairman Zafar Iqbal said after visiting the affected areas that 422 deaths had been caused by floods. In some villages, water is three to four feet higher than roofs of houses. He claimed […]


375 died during recent floods in Pakistan: National Disaster Management Authority

ISLAMABAD: National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said 375 people died and about five million have been affected in Pakistan due to monsoon rains. According to the report of a news channel, the NDMA is providing relief to these people affected due to heavy rains and floods in their areas. The rehabilitation work is being carried […]


Inadequate flood relief taking 15 to 20 lives in Sindh every day

SUKKUR: The government as well as its humanitarian departments have failed in providing quick and adequate relief to the districts of Sindh that were worst affected by recent floods. Millions of displaced people are still without shelter, and diseases are taking lives of 15 to 20 people every day in the province. These facts were […]


New dams necessary to face flood hazards

LAHORE: Construction of new dams is need of the hour as it will not only lessen the flood water destructions but also storage surplus water, which could be used both for energy generation and irrigation. These views were expressed by discussants in Jang Economic Session on ‘Recent rains, floods and its impacts on economy”, held […]


Governmentts, NGOs fail to match disaster scale

KARACHI: Governments and humanitarian agencies have miserably failed in providing quick and adequate relief in the worst flood affected districts of Sindh and Balochistan, which resulted in increased post-flood human losses in spread of diseases. Over two million flood affected people are homeless and living without any relief service as post-flood diseases are taking lives […]


Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority launches $6.2m rainwater preservation plan

ISLAMABAD: The Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority (Erra) has launched a $6.2 million plan to preserve rain water in the earthquake-hit areas of Azad Kashmir and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. According to an official, the rain water harvesting system would be installed in 40,000 houses situated in 20 union councils of the earthquake-hit areas of Azad Kashmir and […]


Mainstreaming the environment

By: Jamal Shahid ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Climate Change launched its policy that provides a framework for addressing environmental concerns gripping Pakistan because of the changing climatic conditions. In view of Pakistan’s high vulnerability to adverse impacts from extreme weather events, the new National Climate Change Policy particularly focuses on adaptation efforts. Approved by the […]


Tackling climate change

By: RABIA ABDUL GHAFFAR GLOBAL warming is the increase of the earth’s near-surface air and oceans’ temperature. The rise in the global temperature will cause the sea level to rise and this will enhance the intensity of the occurrence of the extreme weather events leading to a change in agricultural productivity, trade, water crisis, glacier […]