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Pakistani PM calls for building new dams as floods devastate Punjab
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday called for urgent construction of reservoirs and dams as swollen rivers devastated the breadbasket province of Punjab, where at least 15 people have been killed and hundreds of thousands evacuated this week. The flooding, fueled by record monsoon rains and excess water released from upstream India, has created crisis conditions in Punjab, Pakistan’s most populous and richest province.
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arabnews.com
Authorities issue flood alert as Pakistan monsoon death toll nears 800
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…
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Pakistan’s Punjab requisitions army as monsoon-swollen rivers trigger flood emergency alert
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…
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Pakistan battles deadly monsoon floods as poor planning worsens toll
ISLAMABAD: Floodwaters gushing through mountain villages, cities rendered swamps, mourners gathered at fresh graves — as Pakistan’s monsoon season once again delivers scenes of…
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Pakistan says 210,000 evacuated as army expands flood relief operations in Punjab
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…
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Pakistan floods kill at least 15 in Punjab as trans-boundary rivers swell, Sindh braces for impact
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…
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lemonde.fr
Floods in eastern Pakistan affect 1.2 million, displace nearly 250,000
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…
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Pakistani PM calls for building new dams as floods devastate Punjab
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday called for urgent construction of reservoirs and dams as swollen rivers devastated the breadbasket province of…
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Punjab floods submerge over 1,600 villages in Pakistan, more than 1 million evacuated
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…
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Climate-driven floods push Pakistan to confront water infrastructure failures
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…
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Pakistan evacuates 435,000 as monsoon floods kill 20 in Punjab
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…
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Pakistan braces for twin river floods as Chenab hits record flow, Ravi faces surge
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan braced for twin river floods on Friday as the Chenab swelled to one of its highest recorded levels and authorities warned of a looming surge in the Ravi,…
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Pakistan threatens action against resorts, housing societies on riverbeds
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Climate Change Minister Musadik Malik on Friday warned wealthy business tycoons of action against resorts, hotels and housing societies built on riverbeds…
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Floods in Pakistan’s Punjab kill 30, displace over 1.5 million as rivers swell
ISLAMABAD: At least 30 people have been killed and more than 1.5 million affected as high floods in the Chenab, Ravi and Sutlej rivers submerged over 2,300 villages across…
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Urban flooding hits Lahore and Peshawar as Pakistan reels from fresh monsoon spell
ISLAMABAD: Urban flooding paralyzed parts of Peshawar and Lahore on Saturday as a new spell of monsoon rains battered Pakistan, while the country’s eastern Punjab province…
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Floods in Pakistan’s Punjab kill 33, nearly 750,000 evacuated as rivers swell
ISLAMABAD: At least 33 people have been killed due to torrential rains and floods in Pakistan’s Punjab this week, a senior official confirmed on Sunday, as authorities ramp up…