DADU, Pakistan (AA) – Flood victims returning to villages in Pakistan’s south are finding themselves having to rebuild their homes after they were flattened by last month’s devastating floods that submerged one-third of the country. Allah Bachayo Phanwar stands as a stark example. Located on the outskirts of Dadu district in ...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – The UN and Pakistan on Tuesday issued a revised flash appeal for $816 million to cope with the devastation caused by unprecedented rains and floods in the South Asian country. The revised assistance plan, five times higher than the original $160 million appeal, was launched at a ceremony in Geneva to […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – China has asked Washington to extend help to Pakistan with “some real action” instead of commenting on Islamabad’s relations with Beijing. “The US had better help Pakistani people with real action rather than just commenting on China-Pakistan cooperation,” said Chinese Foreign Ministry’s spokesman Wang Wenbin in response to Was...
WASHINGTON (AA) – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has announced another $10 million in food security assistance for flood-hit Pakistan. Speaking at an event with Pakistani Foreign Minister Bhutto Zardari, Blinken said a third of the country remains underwater after catastrophic storms, which he said impacts 33 million people. Farmer...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – The death toll from floods in Pakistan has risen to 1638 with deaths of 42 more people across the country. Since mid-June, 12,865 have also been wounded in weather-related accidents, according to the country’s National Disaster Management Authority’s (NDMA) latest data. So far, 824,169 houses have been completely destroy...
Basti Ahmad Dīn, Pakistan – AFP The 400 residents of Basti Ahmad Din, a tiny Pakistani village left surrounded by floodwater after torrential monsoon rains, are facing starvation and disease. However, they have refused pleas to evacuate. Leaving for a relief camp would mean the women of the village would mingle with men outside their [&h...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – Angelina Jolie, a top Hollywood actress and special envoy to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, has urged the international community to do more as millions of people are in trouble in the flood-hit areas of Pakistan. During her visit to the National Flood Response Coordination Centre (NFRCC) late Wednesday, Jolie said [&h...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – The death toll and property damages from floods in Pakistan keep steeply rising as 10 more people died and the total number of houses damaged across the country crossed two million, according to official sources. At least 10 deaths and over 50,000 house damages were reported in the past 24 hours, bringing […]
ISLAMABAD (AA) – France has assured Pakistan of help in the revival of its economy and reconstruction in the wake of devastating floods and announced holding an international financial and development conference this year. In a joint statement issued after a meeting between Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and French President Emmanuel...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – Another 27 people have lost their lives in flood-hit areas of Pakistan amid reports of an outbreak of waterborne diseases in the affected regions, officials and local media said. During the last 24 hours, 15 people died as houses collapsed in different areas of southern Sindh province, bringing the total number of […]
