LAHORE: A committee formed by the prime minister to take stock of flood damages on Tuesday said the initial estimates will be finalised in ten days based on “accurate and transparent field reports”, as PM Shehbaz Sharif separately ordered a “comprehensive assessment” of the losses. Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal, while chairing the meeting, stressed the importance of working in coordination …
LAHORE: Floodwaters from the Sutlej, Ravi and Chenab rivers continued to inundate vast areas of Multan, Bahawalpur, Lodhran, Muzaffargarh and Khanewal districts on Monday, displacing thousands of people and damaging infrastructure. Controlled breaches meant to divert the rivers’ flow have failed to contain the deluge, submerging dozens of villages and crippling major transport routes. Authorities carried out a controlled breach …
SUKKUR: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Sunday witnessed safe passage of high flood during yet another visit — his third within the last two weeks — to Guddu and Sukkur barrages. He also inspected some of the dykes within the Indus course which were identified as weak or most vulnerable to erosion during passage of floodwaters through …
LAHORE: While water levels have begun to recede significantly in some areas of south Punjab, with the Jalalpur Pirwala and Alipur tehsils of Multan declared safe after a major flood wave passed through Head Panjnad, officials said evacuation and relief efforts continued from low-lying areas along the Chenab, Ravi and Sutlej rivers. As many as 12,427 people were evacuated from …
LAHORE: Evacuation efforts continued across central and south Punjab as exceptionally high flood levels persist between the Panjnad confluence of Chenab-Ravi-Sutlej and Guddu Barrage in Sindh, creating a severe humanitarian crisis, inundating low-lying areas, displacing large populations, and destroying hundreds of acres of standing crops. The overflowing Indus has also inundated parts of Sindh, with areas in Dadu and Larkana …
LAHORE: An extremely high flood level of 684,293 cusecs was recorded at the Panjnad in the Chenab River at 3pm, the Flood Forecasting Division wrote on X. PPP Senator Sherry Rehman has emphasised the urgent need for coordinated national and international action, warning that Pakistan is on the brink of a “national food and humanitarian emergency” as climate-induced floods ravage …
LAHORE: Punjab is facing a relentless flood emergency as the Sutlej, Ravi and Chenab rivers continue to swell, inundating thousands of villages and displacing millions across the province. The situation intensified after Indian authorities issued alerts regarding rising water levels at Ganda Singh Wala and Ferozepur two days ago, prompting renewed evacuations along the Sutlej River. Despite some areas witnessing …
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Faisal Karim Kundi on Thursday condemned the Punjab government’s reported ban on wheat supply to his province. Kundi had last week expressed his regret over reports that wheat supply from Punjab had been suspended. However, Punjab officials tasked with maintaining supplies of commodities and regulating their prices denied there was any ban on the grain’s inter-provincial …
LAHORE: At least 13 people, including five children, died as floods devastated Jalalpur Pirwala, where more than 50 villages have been badly affected by the Chenab and Sutlej rivers. Shops and houses collapsed, thousands of acres of crops were destroyed, and rescue teams struggled to reach stranded populations, authorities said. Relief Commissioner Punjab Nabeel Javed said that due to severe …
LAHORE: An extremely high flood threatened to engulf Jalalpur Pirwala, a tehsil of Multan district, as the water level in the Chenab River continued to rise on Sunday, prompting the authorities to evacuate residents from a city with a population of 500,000. Multan City Police Officer (CPO) Sadiq Ali Dogar told Dawn that low-lying areas of the city had been …