Tag: Flooding
Displaced Sindh farmers await help from govt
September 9th, 2020; By Aftab Memon; HYDERABAD; Thousands of people have been displaced & thousands of acres of standing crops destroyed in 9 districts of Sindh during spells of rains. Farmers are crying out for help as provincial & federal gov bicker over funds.
In Karachi authorities fail while NGOs lead rescue effort
September 9th, 2020; By Shaukat Korai; KARACHI: While local, provincial, federal governments and military headed boards failed to rescue residents of Karachi from flood water, about 20 charities took the lead in helping citizens trapped in flood-hit areas.
KP FLOODING: ‘The rains have spared no one’
September 6th, 2020; By Umar Bacha; SHANGLA: Several areas of northern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa including, Shangla, Swat, Kohistan, Chitral, Batgram, Torghar, and Buner have seen a lot of damage from heavy rains and urban flooding since last week. According to the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA), 50 people have died so far as a result of the flooding.
Rights Watch | September 3rd 2020
40 million polio vaccinations planned
Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Health, Dr. Faisal Sultan announced plans to coordinate with the provinces to...
