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PPP patron-in-chief Bilawal Bhutto visits Qadirpur Loop Bund as part of his flood inspection tour.

Minister reviews efforts to repair damaged electricity infrastructure.

Slow-learning Pakistan is going to be repeatedly struck by disasters that are essentially the same every time.

PPP patron-in-chief warns political groups against exploiting flood victims’ miseries.

Vohra appealed to overseas Pakistanis, particularly those who had studied at the PGMI, to donate for flood victims.

It said 5,701 rescuers and 315 rescue boats had been deployed in the calamity-stricken areas.

The MNA Dasti, 20 other alleged miscreants and 200 unknown persons were nominated in the FIR

Promises to assist in Punjab; party delegation visits relief camps

Flood victims housed in flats in Gulshan-e-Maymar were recently given an eviction notice.

Officials accused of pilfering relief funds; PM cancels Sukkur visit.

We cannot fully prevent floods but with systematic planning and coordination the losses by floods can be reduced.

Our decision-makers remain content to rely on reactionary and tokenistic measures in response to natural disasters.

Says India carrying out selective
relief activities.

A rapid assessment was conducted to determine the severity of floods, the need for emergency relief items.

Khanzada said that the flow of water in River Chenab was 350,000 cusecs at the Punjnad.

Rasheed says VVIP movements compromise relief activities.

Classes at more than 1,400 schools suspended.

Shah said Rs25,000 financial aid would be provided to each flood-affected family before Eid.

If the villagers do decide to move, there is a tent city set up by the government merely one kilometre away.

Authorities expect medium-level floods to pass through bund that created havoc in 2010.

Official says breaches in Punjab critical to saving Sindh.

Shahbaz says music nights are taking place at sit-in while people suffer, Punjab will never forgive him for this

Commends the efforts of Punjab CM; describes him as the real hero of Pakistan

Influential people have encroached upon the riverbed, establishing farmhouses and cultivating crops.

Torrent was expected to reach Sukkur Barrage by midnight on Tuesday & will pass through Kotri Barrage after 72 hours

MNA Jamshed Dasti beaten by flood-affected people in Muzaffargarh's rural areas

Mob attacks PML-N MPAs, administration’s vehicles

Flood heads to Sindh; fresh warnings issued for Guddu, Sukkur barrages.

Shahbaz visits Panjnad Headworks in Bahawalpur.

Say they have been protesting outside Governor House for 52 days.

Channels opened for the sixth time to make room for more water expected to flow in.

Govt should take climate change seriously, revisit devolution of the ministry, develop national adaptation plan.

Crops on 1.5 million acres of farmland destroyed and thousands of homes damaged

Claims losses from month-long protests greater than the flood

Medium to high floodwaters to pass through Guddu Barrage on Sep 17; govt asks riverine residents to evacuate areas

Toba Tek Singh DCO transferred for mismanagement.

The food packets contain flour, rice, pulses and other edibles.

If taken full-scale, the boat can remotely detect and rescue drowning people.

Boat was carrying a couple, other members of a wedding party; efforts on to save Muzaffargarh city.

Appeal to Islamabad to open LoC for relief goods

Premier says both the federal and Punjab governments are utilising all their resources to provide timely relief

Decentralising flood relief activities on a govt level can act as a disincentive for the govt to exploit disasters

Govt ignores commission’s report, fails to implement recommendations.

Rising water level poses threat to Multan, Muzaffargarh and Bahawalpur.

Project aims at reducing impacts of flooding in Pakistan.

Road linking area with city washed away, area falls in constituency of Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan.

Local market distressed over Punjab’s submersion in water.

Advises Nawaz Sharif to make all those institutions accountable that are responsible for controlling the flood

Thousands left stranded, homeless and hungry as recue efforts continue

Tells people they will be compensated for crops, cattle and houses destroyed by floods