KARACHI: All educational institutions in Pakistan’s financial hub Karachi will remain closed on Thursday, the Sindh College Education Department said in a notification, as the city reels from heavy monsoon rains and urban flooding that have killed 17 people this week. The intense monsoon downpours, which began in Karachi on Tuesday, have killed 17 people according to the Rescue 1122 emergency service. Major arteries of the city were flooded with water, leaving citizens stranded for hours on Tuesday and Wednesday.

KARACHI: Authorities in Pakistan’s Sindh province have imposed an emergency in Karachi, the country’s largest city and commercial capital, after flash floods triggered by heavy…

ISLAMABAD: More than 20 people have died in a fresh spell of monsoon rain in Pakistan, the country’s disaster management agency said on Wednesday. Ten people died in Karachi, the…

KARACHI: Pakistan’s commercial capital Karachi is bracing for another spell of heavy rain today, according to a meteorological official on Wednesday, as the city is still reeling…

Schools shut and villages swept away as Pakistan reels from monsoon devastation.

KARACHI: All educational institutions in Pakistan’s financial hub Karachi will remain closed on Thursday, the Sindh College Education Department said in a notification, as the…

Further flooding is predicted in cities including Karachi in the south of Pakistan.

KARACHI: Pakistan’s National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) forecast heavy rains for the country’s commercial hub Karachi and its neighboring city Hyderabad this week,…