RAWALPINDI, AUG 28 (DNA) — About 145 flood victims have been rescued through Army Aviation Helicopter rescue operation who have been moving to Kanju Cantt. As per a statement released by military’s media wing – Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) at least 145 people have been evacuated by helicopter. As many as 110 affectees were rescued from Khawazakhela while 35 people have evacuated from Kalam. Some people stranded on hills couldn’t be evacuated due to bad weather. However, the statement said that continuous contact was being maintained with them andRead More

ISLAMABAD, AUG 28 (DNA) — Pakistan has appealed for further international assistance after floods wreaked havoc across the country, destroying infrastructure and rendering millions homeless. The US, UK, United Arab Emirates and others have contributed to a monsoon disaster appeal but much more funds are needed, an interior ministry official told the BBC. More than 1,000 people have died and millions have been displaced since June, Salman Sufi said. He said Pakistan’s government was doing everything in its power to help people. The death toll from monsoon flooding in PakistanRead More

KARACHI, AUG 28 (DNA) — Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) Group has opened the doors of its medical centers for flood affected people in Swat, Dera Ismail Khan, Sukkur, Mirpur Khas, Larkana, Hyderabad, Malir-Karachi and Quetta. The centers will operate to facilitate and treat people injured in flood related accidents or fallen ill due to water-borne diseases. Heavy rains and flooding have caused irreparable losses to life and property across the length and breadth of the country, laying waste to large swathes of settlements, bazars, standing crops and urban centersRead More

KARACHI, AUG 28 (DNA) — After unprecedented monsoon spells, the battered civic infrastructure in the megacity, Karachi, needs urgent overhauling to lessen the miseries of citizens, said Pasban Democratic Party (PDP) Chairman Altaf Shakoor here. He said majority of the streets of Karachi are nearly unmotorable as they have developed cracks and potholes. He said the one of the busiest roads of Karachi, M A Jinnah Road from Saddar to Numaish is broken with overflowing gutter water, causing huge traffic jams. He said in fact the choked drainage system in many otherRead More

ISLAMABAD, AUG 28 (DNA) — The death toll from monsoon flooding in Pakistan since June has reached 1,033, according to figures released Sunday by the country’s National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA). It said 119 people had died in the previous 24 hours as heavy rains continued to lash parts of the country. The annual monsoon is essential for irrigating crops and replenishing lakes and dams across the subcontinent, but each year it also brings a wave of destruction. Officials say this year’s monsoon flooding has affected more than 33 million people —Read More