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Pressure mounting on Kotri Barrage
Many villages in Hyderabad, Jamshoro and Thatta districts have been inundated.
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Govt blamed for flood devastation in villages
Residents believe that the flooding would not have happened if the authorities had not created breaches.
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Karachi’s water at risk
The city’s water supply might be drastically affected when floodwaters hit the coastal areas of Thatta.
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At the mercy of God and ‘Mir sahib’
Karampur was completely inundated with no help arriving, its starving people headed towards the production minister.
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2 women killed in stampede for flour
Several others were injured in a stampede when rations were being distributed at the Sau Quarter area of Korangi.
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Sindh mulls soft loans, jobs for survivors
“They are the sons of the soil and the government will not let them be displaced,” sources quoted the CM as...
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Med college applicants unable to submit forms
The applicants were unable to submit forms because of the tension and violence sparked by target killings in the city.
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Violence continues, 2 shot dead in Karachi
Unidentified gunmen shot dead two people in Banaras and Metroville areas.
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Anguished farmers wait till the cows can come home
Karim Dino Shar is applying a paste of tumeric and oil to a goat’s leg at a camp near the new bus terminal in Sukkur.
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SHC orders closure of illegal hydrants in 4 weeks
SHC directed the deputy inspectors general of police of the east and west zones to personally monitor illegal hydrants
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From bad to worse at relief camps
The number of casualities from water-borne diseases can increase at an alarming rate if vaccines are not sent.
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Go ahead and fail me, but I have to go help the flood survivors
A group of five students from the Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture decided to help in relief efforts.
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Couple, child dies from electrocution
Zahiran had gone to the rooftop to lay out washed clothes on their clothesline that was made up of an electric wire.
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Death visits, not the doctor
Flood survivors said that four of the deaths were children with gastroenteritis with two occurring on Wednesday.
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Violence and vendettas
The PPP, does not have the answer to Karachi’s political, ethnic and sectarian violence.
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Floods test political waters
Political party representatives stand guard over embankments in their respective areas in the city.
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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.