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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 flood defenses have limited damage on its side while Pakistan reels from rising death tolls and mass displacement. This week, swollen rivers in Pakistan’s Punjab have submerged more than 1,600 villages, displaced over 1.1 million people and pushed nationwide fatalities since June, when the monsoon season began, past 820.
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arabnews.com
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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scmp.com
Floods leave 32 dead in Indian-controlled Kashmir, 150,000 displaced in Pakistan
India’s dam releases and heavy monsoon rains have caused major rivers to swell, leaving many villages inundated across Pakistan’s Punjab province.
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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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Pakistan towns face flood risk if river barrage crumbles — officials
LAHORE/SRINAGAR: Pakistan’s eastern towns of Chiniot and Hafizabad face a risk of catastrophic floods if an irrigation barrage crumbles on a major river upstream after heavy rains…
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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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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…
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aljazeera.com
Two million impacted as Pakistan’s Punjab faces worst floods in its history
While South Asia’s seasonal monsoon brings rainfall that farmers depend on, climate change is making it deadly.
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Pakistan’s Punjab braces for more rains, cross-border flooding with 33 dead, 8 injured
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province braced for heavy monsoon rains and more cross-border flooding from India on Monday, as officials put the death toll at 33 from deadly…