LAHORE: Pakistan mounted a frantic response on Wednesday to confront a swelling flood emergency in its populous Punjab province after India released excess water from dams in the disputed Kashmir region, exacerbating weeks of punishing monsoon rains that have already claimed hundreds of lives and submerged vast swaths of farmland across the nuclear-armed neighbors.
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ECC approves gas surcharge relief, funds for flood-hit Gilgit-Baltistan
ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee of the cabinet approved a bailout for the state broadcaster, a plan to recover overdue petroleum levies from a refinery and a mechanism to use gas surcharges to cut electricity tariffs for all consumers
‘Exceptionally high’ flood threat in Punjab as rivers swell from monsoon rains and Indian dam releases
ISLAMABAD: Lahore and other parts of Punjab province braced on Wednesday for what officials called a “very high to exceptionally high” flood threat, as heavy monsoon rains and the release of water from two Indian dams swelled rivers and prompted authorities to seek army assistance in six districts.
Imran Khan orders PTI lawmakers to quit parliamentary committees, boycott by-elections
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan has directed his party’s lawmakers to resign from all parliamentary committees and boycott upcoming by-elections, his sister Aleema Khan announced Tuesday, exposing deep rifts within the party over its political strategy.
TCP secures initial 30,000 tons of sugar in global tender
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s state-owned Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP) has acquired an initial 30,000 metric tons of white sugar through an international tender that closed last week, Reuters reported on Tuesday, as the South Asian nation grapples with surging domestic sugar prices.
Nine TTP militants killed in KP counterterror operation
ISLAMABAD: Police and counterterrorism forces killed nine militants belonging to the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in a three-day operation in the northwestern Upper Dir district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, authorities said Tuesday.
Nearly 150,000 evacuated in Punjab as monsoon floods push death toll past 800
By Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has evacuated nearly 150,000 people from flood-prone areas in Punjab province as heavy monsoon rains and glacier melt intensify, pushing
Two children test positive for polio in KP, 2025 tally hits 23
ISLAMABAD: Two new poliovirus cases have been confirmed in southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, pushing Pakistan’s 2025 case count to 23, health officials said Tuesday, highlighting the persistent challenges in eliminating the crippling disease in one of the world’s last two polio-endemic countries.
Wave of militant attacks kills eight in northwest Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: A wave of militant attacks across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province over the weekend and into Monday claimed the lives of five security personnel and three civilians, including a two-year-old boy, while injuring several others, officials said.
PTI faces internal rift over by-election participation
ISLAMABAD: Opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) is wrestling with a deepening internal rift over whether to contest by-elections for national and provincial assembly seats vacated by recent disqualifications of key lawmakers.