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Deluge threatens Shahdadkot city
Authorities ordered the evacuation of Shahdadkot after high floods threatened to inundate the city.
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DIG East made IO for squatter case
A division bench also directed the DIG to submit an investigation report within 15 days.
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PN sets camp in Khairpur, Jacobabad
More than 100,000 people have so far been evacuated and transported to safer locations by the PN rescue teams.
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Letting loose till the break of dawn
Boys with barely a whisker between them, lengthen, take to the air in giant gulps of leaps.
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University staff demand 50% of their salaries
The government must release funds immediately so that the universities can resolve the employees' problems.
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AKU sends doctors, nurses to flood-hit areas
Two teams of volunteers are already in the field - one in Naushero Feroz while the other is working in Bilal Colony.
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Ambulance services zoom in to help
Besides tackling emergencies, these services are now taking flood survivors to and from relief camps.
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Too many cooks spoiling this broth
The work of distributing cooked food may be noble, but its execution isn’t exactly honest.
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Kashmore remains neglected
More than 90 per cent of the total population of the district have moved to higher ground like the highway.
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Baby comes to town
Hidayat made it to Karachi just in time to deliver her third baby.
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At a glance: developing relief operations
A glance at relief operations across Sindh.
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Charity turns into chaos at Razzaqabad
One child was hurt when food distribution turned nasty and a stampede ensued on Wednesday.
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No charity please, we don’t want any favours
The insecurity felt by flood survivors has made many of them take a step back from accepting donations.
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Sukkur, Khairpur IDPs forced to leave for Karachi
The IDPs were being moved to Karachi because there had been some cases of looting and robbery.
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71 people die in one week
Eighteen children died of gastroenteritis, 40 others are admitted to Karachi hospitals.
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Malir River gives Karachi the flood jitters
Experts say it would be premature to suggest whether the water flow in the river will gradually increase or not.
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Fishing for money
Where millions have lost everything in the floods, there are some who have benefited – at the expense of survivors.
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Murders of the men in white continue
Unidentified assailants riding a motorcycle opened fire at the car of 50-year-old Dr Javed Shakoor in Nazimabad No. 7.
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Associations warn of meatless days ahead
The meat merchants association demanded that a ban be put on the export of meat and livestock.
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80-yr-old leaves sons who abandoned ill mother
“I have five sons, but they all left my Momal to be swept away by the floods."
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Mixed forecast gives hope, raises fears
The meteorological department said that there will not be any significant rains in the coming four to five days.
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5 killed in Tando Allahyar
The victims were on their way to session court Hyderabad for the hearing of a case.
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Police resorts to baton charge
More than a dozen flood victims sustained injuries when police baton charged during the distribution of food items.
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Several more Sindh villages inundated
The water level in River Indus at Guddu and Sukkur barrages is constantly rising.
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Sectarian killings resurface
Protests and violence crippled life in some areas of Karachi after a fresh outbreak of murders.
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‘Children main victim of diseases’
Gastroenteritis, typhoid, cholera, hepatitis A and E will badly affect the internally displaced persons.
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All these green thumbs needed was a helping hand
The Green Fingers Nursery set up by Naima Khan helps people with special needs.
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‘We haven’t even begun to understand what hit us’
It is not clear how long individual efforts will be able to keep up with the needs of the flood survivors.
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'Sindh’s towns under threat from Balochistan floodwater'
According to officials, the district administration has issued evacuation warnings to people of Qubu Saeed Khan town.
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Curatorial courage
Artists donated work, some of which has never been seen before, to raise money to help the flood survivors.
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How panic hit before the water
The rumours and incorrect information circulating in Sukkur caused a lot of panic that could have been avoided.
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Not enough qorma to go around
While water and food is more or less taken care of for Sukkur affectees, clothes are desperately needed.
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1,000 ration bags for flood survivors
Most schools and colleges in interior Sindh have been converted into relief camps, thereby putting off classes.
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Bloodbath of violence continues in Karachi
The latest incidents of target killings have claimed the lives of five people.
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After the deluge, dogs and men hunt a wild menace
“These crazy men are just staying in their village to kill the pigs,” the boat driver, said with a disdainful laugh.
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‘NGOs helping flood survivors also need help’
Communities settled along the left bank of the River Indus have been living in fear.
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Major chunk of ADP funds may be spent on flood rehab
The country has suffered unprecedented damages caused by the worst floods in its recorded history.
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USAID flies in plastic sheets popular after 2005 quake
It is enough to provide temporary shelter to over 45,000 homeless people in flood-hit areas.
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Ignored villagers protest near river
Eight days into their protest, still nobody has paid attention to the flood survivors from village Dhalo Ali Wahan.
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By hook[ah] or crook
Frail Sadori Mai may have survived the loss of all her possessions but she could not overcome the loss of her hookah.
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Cheap flour still a distant dream
The city’s flour mills have not set up stalls to sell the commodity at a subsidised rate of Rs20 per kilogramme.
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Moenjodaro under threat
The Moenjo daro and Aamri archeological sites are under threat as a result of the floods.
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No respite for flood-ravaged Sindh
At least 15 villages near Dadu-Moro Bridge were inundated when a breach occurred in an embankment of the Indus river.
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The 10 Rupees Campaign
A group of students created a facebook page called ‘The 10 Rupee Campaign,’ to help generate funds for flood...
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Women, children starve as men snatch their food
These unprotected families are left to fend for themselves and sometimes they miss out of meals three times a day.
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‘Next wave of floods will be manageable’
Sindh Irrigation Minister has refuted claims that a strong flood torrent is about to hit Sukkur Barrage.
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Over 18,000 people arrive in Karachi
Over 5,000 people arrived at the Polytechnic School and tented village in Razzaqabad.
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Matiari villages worry if bund will hold
The T-Spur was constructed at the Bhanote Bund to create a 90-degree artificial diversion in the course of River Indus
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Khairpur and Dadu flood survivors: 3 toilets for 300 people
There are children of all ages at a relief camp set up in a government high school in Dadu.
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Pulling the right strings
Your baby may not have spoken her first word yet but (s)he might be ready for music classes.