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.
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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.
PTI secretary general Salman Akram Raja to resign amid internal party strife
ISLAMABAD: Salman Akram Raja, Secretary General of opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), said on Monday he would resign from the party position, pointing to an event he did not specify, as internal rifts deepen within the party founded by jailed ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan.
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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.
Torrential rains kill eight in Dera Ismail Khan, KP toll rises to 406
ISLAMABAD: At least eight people were killed in heavy downpours that lashed Dera Ismail Khan district in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, pushing the rain-related death toll across the province to 406 since August 15, rescue officials said 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.
Floods displace thousands in south Punjab as monsoon rains threaten further devastation
ISLAMABAD: Severe flooding triggered by overflowing Indus and Chenab rivers has displaced thousands of families across south Punjab, Pakistan, destroying homes, crops, and farmland, officials said Thursday.
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.