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Disaster rain, floods to trigger food deficiency in Pakistan: UN

Karachi: The ongoing heavy rain and undulating floods have flooded large shards of agricultural land and destroyed clear-to-read crops over Pakistan, triggering fear of a food crisis and inflation, the UN and breeders warned on Monday. The furious floods hit the northeastern Punjab, the country’s largest provincial and food basket, last week, immersed hundreds of

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SCO condemns terrorist attacks in Balochistan

Islamabad: Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) on Monday condemned the terrorist attacks in Pakistan’s Balochistan Province in March and May, as well as the assault on tourists in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK). In a joint declaration, the Council of Leader of Member States in the 10-member Eurasian political, economic and security block against

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Fresh Alarms like Sutlej, Chenab swells further

Lahore: Pakistan authorities released fresh flooding alerts on Monday after India released a large volume of water in Sutlej and the Chenab rivers without prior notice and raised the threat of severe flooding across several districts in Punjab. Officials said that India circumvented the communication channels established in the Indus Water’s Treaty (IWT) and informed

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Intervention, Poor Town Planning Main Reason for Accident: Khawaja Asif

Defense Minister Khawaja Asif has attributed the recent flood damage to riverbed and natural waterways and calls on the government to prioritize the construction of small dams instead of decades of planning to initiate mega projects. When talking on the floor of the National Assembly on Monday, Defense Minister said rain is a blessing, not

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Gandapur expressions Kalabagh Dam ‘Essential for the State’

Islamabad: Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur said on Monday that the construction of the Kalabagh dam was ‘important to the state’ and called for concern about the controversial project to be treated through dialogue. In a speech with journalists after a party meeting in KP House in Islamabad, Gandapur accused the absence of

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Cleanliness to get to a price

Faisalabad: Faisalabad Waste Management Company (FWMC) will start collecting a cleanliness fee from residents and business owners throughout the division from September 1st. A supplement of RS10 will be imposed on default. The Punjab Cabinet had approved the introduction of a cleanliness fee earlier this year after the launch of the South Punjab program in

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