RAWALPINDI: Torrential rains during Eid holidays have exposed tall claims made by the departments concerned of the Tehsil Municipal Authority (TMA), Water and Sanitation Authority (WASA) and district government about sanitation and cleanliness. Earlier, it was claimed by the authorities that all nullahs and drains of the city had been cleared of silt and solid […]
By: Shahid Husain Karachi: The Pakistan Meteorological Department has revised its rainfall forecast for August and September to 20 percent below the long-term average for the country’s northern regions and 40 percent below the average for the southern regions. The decreased level of rainfall is being attributed to the early onset of the El Nino […]
ISLAMABAD: Preventive measures must be taken to avoid losses as flash flooding is expected in various areas of the country during the next 48 hours, warns federal flood commission (FFC) here on Wednesday. According to a press release of FFC, from medium to high flash flooding is expected in rivers Kabul, Kurram, Gambila, Swat and […]
KARACHI: The Met Office on Wednesday forecast partly cloudy/cloudy day with chances of light rain in the city during the next 24 hours. According to the forecast, the maximum temperature will remain between 31 and 33 degrees centigrade. Rain/thunderstorm is likely to occur at a few places in Kalat division and at one or two […]
ISLAMABAD: Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are facing the threat of floods because of heavy rains which various districts of the two provinces are likely to receive over the next two days. The late spell of monsoon has already claimed 11 lives in parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Bajaur Agency while eight people have died in […]
MIRPURKHAS: Repair of roads and drains in Jhuddo town, damaged during last year’s heavy rains, has not yet been completed. Talking to this correspondent, former councillors Shamshad Ali, Nisar Talpur and Khalid Pervez Arain, said last year’s downpour had severely affected Jhuddo town and destroyed its infrastructure. Later, they said, the taluka municipal administration allocated […]
The Meteorological Department on Sunday predicted widespread rains in upper parts of the country during Eid holidays, raising hopes of increasing water flow in four live rivers that decreased to dangerously low levels. In a special advisory, the Met Office predicted rain/thundershowers with isolated heavy falls over upper parts of the country between Sunday and […]
By: Z Ali The government of Sindh has declared Tharparkar a drought-hit district, thereby acting swiftly on the recommendation of the district administration. Sindh Information Minister Sharjeel Memon, who also belongs to Thar, announced this on Sunday. The district administration had proposed declaring 161 out of the 166 dehs, 95% of Thar, as drought-hit. The […]
By: Razzak Abro KARACHI: Less rains during this monsoon season in Sindh’s desert district, Tharparkar, created drought conditions Thar again, and local administration has informed the provincial government that inhabitants have started migration towards barrage areas. Deputy Commissioner, Tharparkar, has sent a detailed report to the provincial government’s authorities in which he termed situation of […]
By: Intikhab Hanif LAHORE: Widespread rain with heavy to very heavy showers is forecast over the upper catchments of four eastern rivers and north and northeastern Punjab during Eid holidays. According to Pakistan Meteorological Department’s Flood Forecasting Bureau Chief Riaz Khan, there are ample chances of widespread rain and swelling of the four rivers from […]
By: Tahir Siddiqui KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Friday directed the director-general of the Sindh Environment Protection Agency and the secretary of the provincial environment department to place on record the entire record of the alleged illegal appointments in the agency on political grounds. A division bench headed by Justice Shahid Anwar Bajwa was […]
KARACHI: The meteorological department and government officials have backtracked on their earlier claims that Sindh would face fresh floods. Officials now speak of a possible drought in Thar and other arid zones of the province. “Sindh would suffer the most because it will hardly receive five to nine millimetres (mm) of rain as compared to […]
By: Shahid Husain Karachi: In the colonial era, August 15 was marked as the cut-off point before the authorities of the time declared a drought in areas that had not received any rainfall and people would start migrating to the barrage areas. However, despite the fact that Tharparkar has not experienced a single drop of […]
LAHORE: A strong Monsoon System lies over central and southern Punjab which is likely to cause significant rains in this region over the next 72 hours. The city is expected to receive rain for the best part of the next 48 hours. The maximum temperature has already been kept in check for the past week […]
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