updated Tue. February 6, 2024
-
DAWN.com
March 4, 2018
Kabul has been the natural market for Pakistani exports but that is changing as cheaper products from China and India flood the country. According to Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, exports to Afghanistan dropped to $1.271bn in FY17 from $1.437bn in FY16. Exports in the first quarter of 2017-18 stood atÃâà...
Pakistan Today
March 3, 2018
A powerful storm lashing the northeastern United States killed at least five people as winds topping 129 km per hour helped flood streets in Boston, ground flights and halt ... A flood surge at extreme high tide sent seawater into Boston's coastal streets, the second time this year that the area had flooded.
Pakistan Today
March 3, 2018
State police announced the closure of roads and businesses in coastal areas as the National Weather Service warned that shoreline neighbourhoods would stay inundated and cutoff, with water unable to drain until the storm passes. Weather forecasters urged people to avoid driving through flood watersÃâà...
Daily Pakistan
March 1, 2018
He also shared that although Pakistan is not contributing much to climate change it ranks among the top ten most vulnerable countries and is exposed to its adverse impacts such as extreme weather events, more persistent droughts, floods, and heatwaves. He emphasized the need for public-privateÃâà...
The Nation
March 1, 2018
However, their shrinking has led to, paradoxically, increased floods as well as water scarcity in Pakistan. In 2016, a flash flood in Satpara lake 4 km from the town of Skardu, Gilgit-Baltistan, took with it all recreational businesses, locals and tourists in the area - never to be seen again, whilst Thar Pakkar isÃâà...
Pakistan Observer
March 1, 2018
He also shared that although Pakistan is not contributing much to climate change it ranks among the top ten most vulnerable countries and is exposed to its adverse impacts such as extreme weather events, more persistent droughts, floods and heatwaves. He emphasized the need of public-privateÃâà...
The Express Tribune
February 27, 2018
ISLAMABAD: With climate change-inducing, natural calamities in the country such as erratic rainfall patterns, floods and drought, the accompanying growth in population and poverty is a threat to the country's future. This warning was sounded by National Food Security and Research Ministry DeputyÃâà...
ESPN
February 20, 2018
Pakistan captain Salman Butt dedicated his team's victory at The Oval to the thousands of victims of the raging floods which have submerged vast swathes of the country. Calling it a "national disaster", Butt believed the best he and his team-mates could do was provide some sense of joy with their efforts.
ESPN
February 20, 2018
New Zealand have denied making any offer to tour Pakistan to help raise funds for victims of the floods that have devastated much of the country over the last month. A PCB official told Cricinfo on Sunday than an offer had been made by NZC to help out the PCB, possibly through a flood relief game.
ESPN
February 20, 2018
South Africa and Pakistan will play an extra Twenty20 match in Dubai to raise funds for victims of the floods that have devastated Pakistan over the last month. The match is scheduled to take place before the first Twenty20 between the two sides in Abu Dhabi that kicks off the series of two Tests and fiveÃâà...
Moneycontrol.com
February 13, 2018
The Rajasthan Water Sector Restructuring Project will focus on effective utilisation of excess rain and flood water of major rivers flowing into Pakistan, an official said. An MoU was signed with the New Development Bank (NDB) for a loan of Rs 1,000 crore for the Rs 3,300-crore project in Delhi today.
Pakistan Today
February 10, 2018
Bolivia Oruro Carnival got underway Saturday with stunning costumes and parades, though the mood was dampened by the loss of 17 people killed in flooding and 8,200 families left homeless by heavy rains since November. President Evo Morales said climate change had “shown up at Carnival, leavingÃâà...
CADTM.org
February 7, 2018
Climate change has rapidly increased in Pakistan, causing severe weather changes and exacerbating disasters. It has suffered the devastating impacts of natural disasters and climate change in the recent years, witnessing an earthquake in 2005 and heavy floods in 2010. According year 2017-climateÃâà...
Pakistan Observer
December 31, 1999
The minister said that Pakistan is a disaster prone country especially flood is the common phenomena which requires comprehensive collective strategy for effective disaster management. He added the government had taken a brave step for holding SAARC Rescue Challenge thus providing all regionalÃâà...
mySanAntonio.com
December 31, 1999
The latest disaster zone is Pakistan's largest city, Karachi, where this week floods killed at least a dozen people. All three countries suffer frequent flooding during the June-September monsoon season, but aid agencies say things are worse this year with thousands of villages cut off and people deprived ofÃâà...
|
news and opinion
|
