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.
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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
ISLAMABAD: Police have registered two cases against 300 people on terrorism charges after mobs set fire to two worship places belonging to the Ahmadi community in the eastern city of Faisalabad on the eve of Independence Day, officials said.
Govt faces Senate backlash over Independence Day ad, civil awards
ISLAMABAD: Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar on Friday assured the Senate that an investigation would be launched into the release of an official Independence Day advertisement that omitted a portrait of the country’s founder, Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah, prompting sharp criticism from political and social circles.
UPDATE-Flash floods, helicopter crash claims near 200 lives as deluge ravages Pakistan’s northwest
PESHAWAR: Torrential rains and flash floods killed at least 189 people in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province and eight in Gilgit-Baltistan over the past 24 hours, officials said Friday, as a government helicopter carrying relief supplies crashed in bad weather, killing all five crew members.
Monsoon fury kills 146 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa; relief helicopter crashes
PESHAWAR: At least 146 people were killed in the past 24 hours, including five in a government helicopter crash, as relentless monsoon rains and flash floods devastated Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, officials said on Friday, with several others missing and rescue operations underway.
Monsoon rains, floods kill over a dozen, strand tourists in northern Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: More than a dozen people were killed in flash floods and landslides triggered by heavy monsoon rains across northern Pakistan on Thursday, with authorities scrambling to relocate residents and tourists from vulnerable areas amid warnings of further downpours.
Supreme Court split over forum for 26th Amendment challenges
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s judiciary is grappling with internal divisions over the handling of legal challenges to a contentious constitutional amendment, with Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Yahya Afridi overriding a committee decision to refer the cases to the full Supreme Court hearing, according to minutes of internal communications released on the court’s website.
Field Marshal Munir awarded Azerbaijan’s Patriotic War Medal for military cooperation
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff, Field Marshal Asim Munir, was honoured with Azerbaijan’s prestigious Patriotic War Medal on Wednesday, a recognition of his pivotal role in deepening military ties between the two nations, military said.
Pakistan sounds alarm as poliovirus found in 42 sewage samples
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s health authorities warned of a persistent polio threat on Tuesday after detecting the virus in 42 out of 127 sewage samples from 87 districts, signalling ongoing transmission in the South Asian nation, one of only two countries where the crippling disease remains endemic.