NEW YORK – Torrential rains swept across New York City on Thursday, killing two people and causing widespread flooding and travel disruptions, Mayor Eric Adams confirmed. The heavy downpour, which hit the city in the afternoon, broke multiple rainfall records and left several areas waterlogged. Authorities reported severe flooding in parts of the city, with […]
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RUDA Industrial Association delegation visits LCCI, calls for urgent resolution of industrial issues
LAHORE, October 30 —A delegation of the RUDA Industrial Association, led by Chairman Muhammad Kamran, visited the Lahore Chamber of Commerce & Industry. The delegation met with LCCI President Faheem Rr Rehman Saigol and shared their concerns. The delegation members said that 20% charges of DC value are being taken for commercialization of industrial land, […]
Pakistan aims 3.5% growth despite floods
Pakistan has consolidated its macroeconomic stability through strong fiscal discipline, improved foreign exchange reserves, and falling inflation, while aiming to maintain a growth rate of around 3.5 percent despite recent flooding, Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb said in an interview with CGTN America. The minister said the country had made “significant progress” since the IMF approved […]
Floods Cause Rs822 Billion Loss, Affect 6.5 Million People Across Pakistan
ISLAMABAD – Recent floods have caused an estimated Rs822 billion loss to Pakistan’s economy, affecting 6.5 million people across 70 districts, according to an official report released on Friday. The floods damaged 229,763 houses, including 59,258 fully destroyed and 170,505 partially damaged. Punjab was the hardest hit, followed by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Sindh, and Balochistan. […]
Punjab Conducts Largest Flood Damage Survey
LAHORE – Punjab is conducting the largest flood damage survey in the province’s history, covering 27 districts, the Director General of PDMA Punjab, Irfan Ali Kathia, said on Friday. So far, 60% of the survey work has been completed. Around 11,500 personnel in more than 2,200 teams are visiting affected areas, often crossing flooded regions […]
Maryam Nawaz urges full preparedness to tackle natural disasters
Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif has urged all government institutions to stay fully prepared at all times to deal with natural disasters, stressing that readiness can save lives and reduce destruction. In her message on the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, she said that while natural disasters cannot be stopped, their impact can […]
Resilience in the deluge
When the monsoon floods hit Punjab this year, villages were washed out and millions were displaced, forcing the province to face another natural disaster. This time, though, the response showed real signs of preparedness, coordination, and leadership. Leading the way was the Livestock & Dairy Development (L&DD) Department, guided by Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif. […]
Economy on the Edge
The floods have done more than wash away crops. They have exposed the fault lines in Pakistan’s economy, a system that survives on borrowed confidence and political expediency. Punjab and Sindh alone lost nearly ten per cent of their cultivated land. Rice paddies, cotton fields, and sugarcane plantations lie flattened. Roads, canals, and irrigation networks […]
Floods damage 229,000 homes, kill 22,841 livestock
Severe flooding has damaged at least 229,763 homes-including 59,258 completely destroyed and 170,505 partially-and claimed 22,841 livestock in flood-hit areas since June 26, according to the latest data shared by the NDMA. According to the latest data, a total of 213,097 houses were affected by the recent deluge in Punjab, including 55,134 fully destroyed and […]
Between Floods and Forgetting
Some fifty million years ago tectonic plates crashed and the Himalayas were pushed upwards. The seabed transformed into still rising mountains. Ocean currents started circulating anew, and wind patterns changed. Warming waters caused increased moisture evaporation, with it precipitation of rain and snow. Glaciers formed. The Indus River System was born. The geography and climate […]