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.
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Punjab races to evacuate thousands as monsoon rains swell rivers
LAHORE: Punjab is racing against time to evacuate thousands from flood-prone areas as monsoon rains swell the region’s eastern rivers to dangerous levels, while in the rugged north of Gilgit-Baltistan, communities devastated by earlier glacial and flash floods remain cut off, grappling with shortages of food, water, and shelter.
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World Bank approves $47.9 million to revamp primary education in Punjab
ISLAMABAD: The World Bank has committed $47.9 million to transform education in Punjab province, targeting improved access and learning outcomes for millions of children in a region grappling with systemic challenges.
Pakistani climbers summit Tirich Mir, highest peak in Hindu Kush
ISLAMABAD: Two Pakistani mountaineers, Sirbaz Khan and Abig Baig, have successfully summited Tirich Mir, the highest peak in the Hindu Kush mountain range, standing at 7,708 meters in northwestern Pakistan, state-run media reported on Sunday.
Gilgit-Baltistan faces ‘catastrophic’ flood threat from new mudslide lake
ISLAMABAD: A 7-kilometre (4-mile) lake formed by a massive mudslide in northern Pakistan is at risk of bursting, threatening potentially “catastrophic” floods in downstream communities, Reuters reported on Saturday.
Glacier burst triggers devastating floods in Gilgit-Baltistan, over 100 houses damaged
ISLAMABAD: A glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) in Pakistan’s northern Gilgit-Baltistan region has damaged more than 100 houses and blocked the Ghizer River, prompting large-scale rescue operations, officials said on Friday.
Flood-hit Pakistan warns of fresh downpours until end-August
KARACHI: Pakistan’s Meteorological Department on Thursday warned of heavy rains lashing the country until early September, as devastating monsoon downpours and flash floods have already claimed at least 739 lives since late June, displacing thousands and ravaging homes, schools and crops across the vulnerable South Asian nation.
India-Pakistan cricket cleared for multi-nation events, bilateral ban stays
KARACHI: India’s sports ministry announced Thursday a new policy banning bilateral sporting ties with Pakistan, including events at neutral venues, but confirmed the Indian cricket team would participate in next month’s Asia Cup, a multilateral tournament, the Press Trust of India (PTI) reported.
PM Sharif tours flood-devastated KP
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday surveyed the flood-ravaged districts of Swat, Buner, and Shangla in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), where relentless monsoon rains since August 15 have killed at least 385 people, with 14 more bodies pulled from the debris in Swabi’s Dalori village.
Karachi monsoon rains claim 17 lives as floods paralyse city
KARACHI: Torrential monsoon rains have killed at least 17 people in Karachi, Pakistan’s financial capital, since Tuesday, submerging roads, cutting power to thousands, and disrupting air travel, officials said Wednesday, as the city braced for more downpours.