Article about: All kinds of challenges that the Government of Pakistan declares as disasters; relief activities during and after the disasters; relief and rehabilitation of the disaster-hit areas and communities; disaster-related gender and social issues; disaster-related diseases, pandemics and medical challenges and activities.
PESHAWAR: Heavy rain trigged flash floods in Mohmand, South Waziristan and Upper Kohistan districts on Thursday, damaging roads and agricultural land. However, no casualty was reported from any districts of the province. Heav...
JERUSALEM: Israel’s military said its warplanes struck Yemen’s rebel-held capital Sanaa on Tuesday, “fully disabling the airport”, the latest retaliation for a missile attack by the Houthis on Israel’s main airport. ...
QUETTA: Torrential rain, hailstorms, and lightning strikes across various regions of Balochistan have left at least four people dead and resulted in the death of hundreds of livestock, officials confirmed. The storms have also c...
ISLAMABAD: The 2022 floods resulted in over US$ 30 billion in damages and economic losses affecting millions and causing thousands of deaths, the Ministry of Climate Change and Environmental Coordination told the National Assemb...
Events are unfolding quickly, and it is unclear what the situation will be when this piece is published. India has lived up to its reputation: within minutes of the attack at Pahalgam in Kashmir, it accused Pakistan of mastermin...
ISLAMABAD/ SUKKUR: Chairman Pakistan Peoples Party Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said solution to problems between Pakistan and India is possible through talks, so both the nuclear powers should end the dispute through talks. “Th...
GILGIT: Landslides continued to affect many areas of Gilgit-Baltistan on Tuesday, even as the weather improved after four days of intermittent rain and snowfall. With climate change making weather patterns erratic, ...
GILGIT: Human suffering due to rain continued across Gilgit-Baltistan on Monday, as a tourist from Thailand was killed and another female tourist injured when a rockfall hit their vehicle in the Ghwari area of Ghanche district. ...
The Sindh Peoples Housing for Flood Affectees (SPHF) project has resettled thousands of families in homes they built themselves with structured support and is on track to house many more. The SPHF is an initiative launched by th...
MUZAFFARABAD: Windstorms and heavy rain in different parts of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) on Friday evening claimed a man’s life and partially damaged 48 houses, officials said on Saturday. According to Saeed Qureshi, a se...