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 after floods inundated the northern and eastern parts of the country. Swollen rivers in Pakistan’s most populous province, Punjab, have submerged more than 1,600 villages and displaced over 1.1 million people, with about 40 deaths reported in the region since Aug. 15, according to the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA).

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…

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…