ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s eastern province of Punjab said Wednesday it has requisitioned the army for rescue and relief operations in seven districts after major rivers flowing from India swelled with heavy monsoon rains, prompting flood warnings and heightened monitoring for emergencies. Heavy rains have lashed several parts of Pakistan since August 15, killing 489 people and injuring 348, with the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province recording the highest casualties at 408.

ISLAMABAD: Disaster authorities on Monday issued a fresh alert of flooding in rivers and streams as well as urban floods in multiple cities in Pakistan’s most populous Punjab…

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s eastern province of Punjab said Wednesday it has requisitioned the army for rescue and relief operations in seven districts after major rivers flowing from…

India’s dam releases and heavy monsoon rains have caused major rivers to swell, leaving many villages inundated across Pakistan’s Punjab province.

ISLAMABAD: Authorities in Pakistan’s Punjab province carried out an emergency breach on a protective embankment at Qadirabad Barrage on Wednesday as the Chenab River surged to…

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s national disaster authority said on Wednesday 210,000 people had been evacuated from flood-hit areas as the army expanded its rescue and relief operations in…

Some 200,000 people have been evacuated after authorities warned of flooding from three rivers.

ISLAMABAD: At least 15 people in Pakistan’s most populous Punjab province lost their lives in floods, officials confirmed late Wednesday night, after three monsoon-swollen rivers…

Rescuers in boats raced to reach stranded families in the populous Punjab province after three major rivers burst their banks because of heavy rain and the release of water from…

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Punjab said it has evacuated a total of 1,147,000 people from areas at high risk from floods near the Sutlej, Chenab and Ravi rivers, the Provincial Disaster…

ISLAMABAD: As record monsoon floods batter Pakistan’s Punjab province, officials are calling for urgent investment in dams and water infrastructure, arguing that India’s stronger…

ISLAMABAD: Authorities in Pakistan’s Punjab province on Friday ordered fresh evacuations as major flood surges coursed down the Ravi and Chenab rivers, threatening towns in the…

ISLAMABAD: Twenty people have died in Pakistan’s Punjab this week and more than 435,000 residents have been evacuated as record monsoon floods continue to sweep across the…