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.
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Pakistan confirms two new polio cases, 2025 tally rises to 21
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan confirmed two additional polio cases on Monday, bringing the 2025 tally to 21, as authorities prepare for a major vaccination campaign to stem the virus in high-risk areas plagued by low immunisation rates and misinformation.
Fresh rains kill 20 in Pakistan’s northwest as monsoon toll nears 700
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Pakistan axes Babar, Rizwan from Asia Cup squad
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Over 150 feared missing in KP floods as national death toll hits 657
PESHAWAR: Devastating floods in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province have left more than 150 people feared missing and claimed at least 323 lives, provincial authorities announced Sunday, as the nationwide death toll from rain-related incidents since late June surged to 657.
Pakistan on high alert as new monsoon deluge threatens nationwide floods, landslides
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is on high alert as a fresh wave of monsoon rains, forecast to bring torrential downpours and thunderstorms until August 21, threatens widespread flooding and landslides, with authorities bracing for a repeat of the devastation that claimed over 350 lives in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
UPADTE-Flash floods wreak havoc in northern Pakistan, death toll climbs to over 340
PESHAWAR: Rescuers in northern Pakistan pulled more bodies from mud and debris on Saturday as the death toll from flash floods triggered by torrential monsoon rains rose to at least 340 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) reported.
UPDATE-Deadly monsoon wreaks havoc in KP, 307 killed, villages wiped out
PESHAWAR: Flash floods and landslides triggered by heavy monsoon rains have killed 307 people in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) said Saturday, as rescuers struggled to reach isolated communities in the hardest-hit areas.PESHAWAR: Flash floods and landslides triggered by heavy monsoon rains have killed 307 people in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) said Saturday, as rescuers struggled to reach isolated communities in the hardest-hit areas.
Mob sets Ahmadi worship places ablaze in Faisalabad, 300 face terrorism charges
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Govt faces Senate backlash over Independence Day ad, civil awards
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