monsoon

One hopes that at least some prevention measures will be put in place to minimise further displacement and losses.

Just five per cent students show up in middle, high schools.

Nearly 80% of crops destroyed, 0.1m people displaced so far.

Fourte­en new cases report­ed in Karach­i, eight report­ed in Lahore.

India's prime minister uses his Independence Day address to say his government taking action against corruption.

K-P has really been the centre of attention ever since the War on Terror broke out. But what is there to see?

People relieved from hot weather and load shedding.

Families of people who died because of the rains will be given Rs100,000.

The wind was so strong that dozens of billboards, trees and electric poles were sent crashing to the ground.

Staffs claim 98 centres without facility during the monsoon season when such cases increase significantly.

CM orders speedy completion of ongoing projects and launch of new schemes.

Met Dept says more rain coming this way in the next 24 hours.

Healthcare experts have warned of an epidemic because of the monsoon rains.

The death toll in Mirpurkhas district in rain-related incidents during the past 48 hours has reached 10.

Mirpurkhas worst affected with 15 people being killed in torrential rains.

Police still scrambling for a breakthrough, with no claim of responsibility and no arrests made.

Perception remains that katchi abadi residents are second-class citizens

Even though the downpour was light, it claimed many lives.

Three tehsils, about 700,000 people evacuated as a pre-emptive measure.

The significance monsoon rains have for the subcontinents’ heroines.

Brian O’ Connell will reunite with Salman Ahmad to mark the band’s 20th anniversary.

The current spell of rains is likely to continue for three days in most areas of Sindh.

A new test, called the IGA test has been introduced in hospitals to help diagnose dengue fever in only 48 hours

Hot weather, inflation and loadshedding irking the residents.

CDA asks for an overhaul of Parliament House, Presidency and SC building to protect them from cloudbursts.

Water seeps into the committee rooms of Parliament House, meetings called off, Leh continue to cause worry.

Hospital officials said that infants and children were the most affected by the outbreak.

Irum, 16, and Bakhtawar, 18, were killed when the roof of their house near Crown Marriage Hall.

Traffic police don’t have equipment to move broken down vehicles.

Heavy showers began soon after sehar and continued into the afternoon and early evening.

600 Wasa workers with 52 suckers battle to drain flooded roads.

In a little over a month, the entire administrative machinery changed hands and back.

Last year’s floods destroyed crops over 2.4m hectares of land, additional funding is needed to recover losses.

Taxi drivers have iftar in queues outside stations, people dodge prayers and meals but the fuel remains elusive.

A statement by PM Gilani says that CDA is carrying out filtration according to World Health Organization guidelines.

Residents say over half the people in several tehsils are suffering from the disease.

Expert advice on how to keep the pounds from packing on this month.

NHA signs contract with Chinese firm for the highway’s rehabilitation.

about artificial insemination and precautionary measures against some of the major diseases affecting livestock.

We can’t stop giving flood survivors help yet: World Vision.

Pakistan has to be extra vigilant this year in order to ensure that the agricultural sector does not falter.

All necessary arrangements have been made to ensure minimum loss: Mian Iftikhar.

While the govt appears confident, international NGOs and workers push for accelerating pace of work.

World Hepatitis Day marked by free screenings and vaccinations.

MNA says irrigation dept gave permission for them to build their own protection.

Pakistan’s own authorities appear to have made no acknowledgement that problems could arise with the monsoon.

Experts for better infrastructure to back preparedness in case of floods.

Many fear their animals will die and tried to get doctors to ‘treat’ them.

UK aid helped millions of people rebuild their lives and become self-sufficient after the 2010 floods.

Oxfam report says Pakistan unprepared for this year’s monsoon floods.