NFRCC declares country’s 80 districts ‘calamity-hit’
Islamabad: Eighty districts across country have been declared ‘calamity-hit’ by National Flood Response Coordination Centre (NFRCC). Data issued by NFRCC mentioned that these districts include 31 in Balochistan, six in Gilgit-Baltistan (G...
China to provide another 300m yuan of relief supplies
BEIJING: China has announced to provide another 300 million yuan of relief supplies to Pakistan. Announcement was made by Director of China International Development Cooperation Agency, Luo Zhaohui during a meeting with Chairman National Disaster Man...
US assures full support to Pakistan to help flood affectees
ISLAMABAD: United States (US) has reaffirmed its support and solidarity with government and people of Pakistan amidst devastation caused by flash floods and rains in country. Support was extended during a meeting of a US delegation with Chairman Sena...
How Information Minister saved Sehwan Sharif from flooding?
SEHWAN: A day after water level in Sindh’s Manchhar Lake rose to “dangerous level”, a cut was made in water body’s dyke to release pressure while Pakistan Army and Rangers personnel were deployed to assist civil administration...
‘Chief Justice Minallah must step down from Imran’s contempt bench’: Lawyer Hashmat Habib
KARACHI: Contempt action against Imran Khan is top trend in media and manner adopted during proceeding by Chief Justice Islamabad High Court Athar Minallah hit by code of conduct and it demands him to decline and leave bench forthwith. Hashmat Habib...
Health Minister says over 47,000 pregnant women in shelter camps across Sindh
KARACHI: Sindh Health Minister Dr Azra Pechuho shared alarming statistics of women affected by unprecedented floods, saying at least 47,000 women were pregnant in shelter camps in province. Hundreds of thousands of people have contracted various dise...
Open Sky policy causing Rs46bln loss to national airlines
KARACHI: Open sky policy of Aviation policy 2015 brought financial loss to Pakistan Civil Aviation industry, whereas nowhere in world foreign airlines are given rights to operate from remote areas like international airlines are allowed to operate at...
IK to give call for Islamabad once flood recede: Sheikh Rasheed
RAWALPINDI: Former Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed said that PTI Chief Imran Khan would “give call for Islamabad” once floods, that have ravaged country and displaced millions recede. Taking to Twitter, Rasheed wrote that Internati...
Army restores flood-hit Bahrain Bridge in Swat
SWAT: Flood-hit bridge in town of Bahrain in Swat was reopened for traffic after Pakistan Army worked day and night to restore it. Earlier this week, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa had said during his visit to valley that road w...
SC bars politicians putting names on govt lands
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) has barred the politicians from inscribing their names on government lands. The Supreme Court (SC) gave the ruling during the hearing of a case related to the ownership of the land of the Evacuee Trust Property Board...
