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 dangerous levels, after the army was deployed overnight and 150,000 people were evacuated to safer areas. The screengrab taken from a video shows authorities carrying out an emergency breach on a protective embankment at Qadirabad Barrage on August 27, 2025, as the Chenab River surged to dangerous levels.

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…

Rescue crews said they evacuated more than 14,000 people from Kasur and 89,000 from Bahawalnagar.