WAZIRABAD, Pakistan: Farmers in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province said Friday they had lost everything in sudden floods, from fields of rice and corn to the livestock they depended on, leaving them in despair and with no clear path ahead. The floods began Monday when heavy rains triggered sudden water releases from Indian dams on the Sutlej, Chenab and Ravi rivers, making it the worst deluge for the region in about four decades.

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…

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…