Karachi: The Meteorological Department has forecast heavy rainfall in the first phase of the monsoon season. It has warned of possible floods in the plains and hilly areas of Sindh, Punjab, Azad Kashmir, and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP). The Meteorological Department has released the weather outlook for the 2025 monsoon season. It predicts normal to above-normal […]
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NDMA warns of above-average monsoon rains across Pakistan this year
The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has issued a warning that this year’s monsoon season could bring above-average rainfall across Pakistan. According to a briefing presented to the Senate Standing Committee on Climate Change, there is a possibility of up to 300 millimeters of rainfall during the monsoon season, with Punjab expected to receive between […]
SC orders Mayor Karachi to clear rain drains within a month
KARACHI: The Supreme Court (SC) on Saturday announced a one-month deadline to Mayor Karachi Waseem Akhtar for getting the city’s rain drain pipes clean and running. Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) while heading a bench hearing a case pertaining to provision of clean water at SC’s Karachi Registry, remarked that the water commission’s performance was […]
Monsoon season likely to start in end of June: Meteorological Department
Monsoon season is expected to be a blessing in disguise for Pakistani’s battling with scorching heat. According to Pakistan Meteorological (Met) Department (PMD), Monsoon season will be starting in the last week of June. Met officials said that North Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) are likely to receive more rainfall than the average. However, PMD […]
Upcoming monsoon season poses life threatening challenge to displaced Rohingya
Marooned on a dusty slope in the world’s largest refugee camp, Osiur Rahman looked to the hill where a Rohingya girl was buried in a landslide just days earlier and contemplated his chances should the earth give way beneath his feet. “Our families would be killed. There are children everywhere around here. We constantly fear […]