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Sindh farmers demand action against Irrigation officials
Jun 10th
HYDERABAD: Growers of Sindh have urged the government to take action against the irrigation department officials who were found responsible in an inquiry commission report for breaches which inundated the province during the floods last …
Telenor responds to Propakistani’s allegations against easypaisa
Jun 9th
Telenor Pakistan has always supported bloggers and considers them to be online journalists. We believe they have a very important role to play in the evolution of media in Pakistan. Having an opinion and expressing it is the right of every citizen however, a line must be drawn when that opinion distorts and misrepresents facts [...]
Floods swamp earthquake-ravaged Haiti, killing 23
Jun 8th
PORT-AU-PRINCE: Torrential rains lashed Haiti on Tuesday, flooding shanty towns, swamping the squalid camps erected after a 2010 earthquake and killing at least 23 people, officials said.
The worst rains to hit the impoverished country this year — at…
Blistering heat, cursing load shedding wreak havoc
Jun 7th
KARACHI: Most of the cities all across the country are in the grip of scorching heat, taking life out of the roads and markets giving a picturesque of derelict and deserted place.
On the other hand, Badin fishermen as forecast fearing storm in the sea…
SC orders to implement flood commission report
Jun 7th
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has ordered the federal and provincial governments to implement the Flood Inquiry Commission report in letter and spirit and sought the order compliance report in this regard, Geo News reported.
The order was passed by a t…
Govt’s dept negligence caused worst loss in flood: Judicial Comission Report
Jun 6th
Judicial commission report on breach of embankment be made public: SC
ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court (SC) has directed that judicial commission report on breaching Band be made public. A 3-member bench of SC presided …
NADRA disbursed Rs 30.3b among 1.645m flood victims through Watan Card
Jun 6th
ISLAMABAD: National Database & Registration Authority (NADRA) has successfully made disbursement of Rs. 30.3 billion among 1.645 million flood affected families through Watan Card scheme during 1st Phase, said Deputy Chairman NADRA, Tariq Malik. …
SC orders Tori Band report be made public
Jun 6th
ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court Monday ordered for making the Tori Band Breach Probe Commission report public, Geo News reported.
The report said that the embankments breached due to the negligence and corruption of the irrigation department, while 16 person…
21 dead in China mine flood
Jun 6th
BEIJING: Authorities in southwest China have confirmed the deaths of 21 workers in two flooded coal mines, state media said Monday, highlighting the dangers of toiling in the nation”s collieries.
In Guiyang city, the capital of Guizhou province, 13 p…
Qaim urges precautionary moves before monsoon
Jun 6th
SUKKUR: Chief Minister Sindh Syed Qaim Ali Shah has said that the flood water is fast raging this year as it triggered devastation last year, urging on the immediate need for precautionary arrangements before monsoon, Geo News reported.
He said the fl…
