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, prompting mass evacuations, emergency breaches and the deployment of rescue teams across the eastern province of Punjab. The flooding, fueled by record monsoon rains and excess water released from upstream India, has created crisis conditions in the country’s most populous province, which is home to half the population of 240 million.

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.