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Japan to provide $3.48 million to Pakistan for flood warning system
Flood forecasting system using satellite-based rainfall data will be installed in Pakistan’s government agencies.
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Flood-prone areas identified: Disaster-hit areas face fresh flood threat
Villages in Sindh, Punjab and Azad Kashmir already under water.
Flood preparations: Rescue familiarising with conditions
High grounds being identified in Rahim Yar Khan for relief work, work underway on flood plan.
Gilgit-Baltistan: Memories of 2010 keep the fear alive
Gilgit-Baltistan government had estimated losses worth Rs12 billion.
Balochistan: With little progress, thousands remain in relief camps
Government says only immediate problems have been overcome.
Flooded with memories: No stranger to destruction
The ‘River King’ has taken a lot from this village, but last year’s flood swept away the ancestral graveyard.
Repatriated flood survivors: Back in the camps, it was better for the women
Local farmers get back to ‘slave’ labour, landlords say all’s fair.
The silver lining: After schools turned into relief camps, exam boards came to the rescue
Sukkur, Hyderabad boards made a relatively easier exam paper keeping suffering in mind.
Financing reconstruction: Where is all the money?
Prime minister’s flood relief fund remains unused; UNDP unable to achieve many goals because of a lack of funding.
Ambitious plans in place as more rainfall looms
Still no guarantee on quality of work or lessons learnt from 2010.
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