SUKKUR: A flood threat to Jacobabad was averted when rainwater surging down the hilly areas of Balochistan was diverted on Monday. Pakistan People’s Party MNA Mir Aijaz Hussain Jakhrani along with officials of the district administration made a cut near the village of Jatoi located at the bypass of Jacobabad adjacent to Balochistan and laid […]
LAHORE: Chenab and Jhelum rivers are likely to cross high flood situation after 36 hours, following widespread rains, thunderstorm and hailstorm in north and northeast of Punjab, an advisory issued by the Met Office has said. The latest meteorological analysis, issued on Sunday, suggested that widespread thunderstorm/rain, at times extremely heavy rainfall with possibility of […]
By: Imtiaz Hussain KHAIRPUR: Two thousand villages in the district have been inundated because of the havoc played by the recent rains and one million people have been affected. Cotton and other crops spread over 3,000 acres of land have been destroyed. Thirty persons have lost their lives and 300 others injured because of collapse […]
SUKKUR: Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf on Sunday announced a relief package of Rs2 billion rupees for the rain and flood victims of Sindh. He took an aerial visit of the rain and flood-hit areas, including Jacobabad, Shikarpur, Ghotki, Kashmore and Kandhkot. On the occasion, the prime minister issued orders for the release of Rs710 […]
KARACHI: Only 10 per cent of the industries in Karachi follow environmental standards while just three per cent in Pakistan meet international waste treatment protocols. These figures were shared by environment experts and industrialists at a seminar on “Awareness of Environmental Laws and Legislation” organised on Friday by the Federation of Pakistan Chamber of Commerce […]
QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Secretary Babar Yaqoob Fateh Mohammad has said that floods triggered by torrential rains have marooned almost 600,000 people in Naseerabad and Jaffarabad districts. The floods have caused at least 22 deaths, destroyed crops on 24,866 acres and swept away about 4,000 houses. Naseerabad, Jaffarabad, Sibi, Jhal Magsi and Kachi are the worst […]
By: Zahid Gishkori ISLAMABAD: Flash floods triggered by torrential rains have rendered around one million people in Balochistan homeless over the past week, without any relief in sight. An aerial view of the worst-affected districts of the province presents a gloomy picture of urban and rural areas in the province, which have been submerged four […]
QUETTA: Special Flood Relief Focal Person Akbar Hussain Durrani on Friday said the recent heavy rains and floods have affected 12 districts of Balochistan. Addressing a press conference with by Balochistan Home Secretary Naseebullah Bazai and Balochistan Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) Director General Tahir Muneer Minhas, Durrani said Loralai, Kachhi, Qila Saifullah, Zhob, Harnai, […]
ISLAMABAD: The workshop was conducted by Prof Dr Thomas Fischer, an expert in Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) and EIA from the University of Liverpool. To improve the understanding of environmental impact of development, there is a need to upgrade the curricula for environmental impact assessment (EIA). Environmentalists made this suggestion at a workshop titled “Improvement […]
By: Zahid Gishkori NASIRABAD / JACOBABAD: While the recent monsoon rains wreaked widespread havoc in Punjab, the situation in Sindh and Balochistan paints an even more dismal picture. The second day of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA)-arranged trip to the flood-affected areas for select journalists, government officials and UN representatives, took the group to […]
Karachi: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Thursday summoned the environment and alternate energy secretary on a petition against the non-appointment of successful candidates in the department. The court was hearing the petition of Hammad Ahmed Khan and other 35 others who challenged their non-appointment in different posts of the department. The DG Environment Protection […]
By: IFTIKHAR MIRZA Islamabad: The late arrival of monsoon rains in KPK and Punjab has brought disaster to the poor once again despite promises from the government that very strict plans had been formulated to face the monsoon rains this year. The minister for Climate Change, Rana Farooq is requesting people to pray. Is that […]
By: Safiullah QUETTA: Around 42 people have lost their lives and 300,000 others have been injured so far in the massive floods that have hit Naseerabad and Jafferabad districts, according to unofficial reports. Two children died and 10 others were wounded, including women and children, in Sibbi when roofs of their houses caved in on […]
SUKKUR: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has strongly criticised the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) for being inattentive during the time the recent heavy rains battered the country killing hundreds of people, and noted that the toll it had provided was absolutely erroneous. NDMA must not mislead the government and the nation, he […]
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