The Latest Breaking News from Pakistan

Waterborne diseases spread among flood victims in Pakistan

Pakistani health officials are reporting an outbreak of waterborne diseases in the flood-affected areas

The Independent UK · Sep 1, 2022

Asia Cup 2022: Interesting statistical trivia so far

On Wednesday India became the second team after Afghanistan to enter the Asia Cup Super 4 stage. A 40 run win against minnows Hong Kong, who are ranked 20th in the ICC T20I team rankings also meant that India finished as the toppers of Group A, with 2 wins in…

The Times of India · Sep 1, 2022

Deadly floods are wreaking global havoc

Torrential downpours claimed the lives of more than 1,000 in Pakistan, where almost half a million people are in relief camps. A massive deluge crashed across Mississippi in the past week, leaving the roughly 150,000 residents of capital city Jackson without reliable access to clean drinking water. Cascades of rain…

The Times of India · Sep 1, 2022

Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan appears in court in contempt case

The five-member bench of the IHC heard the case where Khan was summoned in personal capacity.

Al Jazeera · Aug 31, 2022

Health officials warn of major outbreaks of disease after severe floods in Pakistan

Diarrhoea and malaria cases spread, with risk of dysentery and cholera, as millions of displaced people forced to drink flood water

The Guardian - UK · Aug 31, 2022

Pakistan floods: Is climate change responsible?

Torrential monsoon rains, extreme temperatures and melting Himalayan glaciers conspire to bring chaos to country particularly vulnerable to consequences of global heating

The Independent UK · Aug 31, 2022

Pakistan PM Sharif thanks Modi for concern over losses caused by massive floods

Floods triggered by unprecedented monsoon rains have caused widespread havoc across Pakistan, killing over 1,100 people and displacing 33 million or one-seventh of the country's population

The Hindu · Aug 31, 2022

First came the heatwaves, then the floods: Why Pakistan is on the frontline of the climate crisis

“Literally a third of the country is under water,” Pakistan’s Climate Change Minister Sherry Rehman warned this week, after the death toll from the nation’s devastating floods topped 1,100 after record monsoon rains. The torrential downpours come after a series of heat waves, highlighting Pakistan’s vulnerability to climate change.

France 24 · Aug 31, 2022

From furnace to flood: world's hottest city in Pakistan now under water

Not long ago, Sara Khan, principal at a school for disadvantaged girls in Jacobabad in southern Pakistan, looked on in alarm as some students passed out from the heat - the city was the world's hottest at one point in May.

Reuters · Aug 31, 2022

Daily Dose Ep 1138: Mamata’s nephew gets ED summons, last Soviet leader dies

Anwiti Singh brings you the news from Punjab, Jharkhand, New Delhi, West Bengal, Pakistan, and Russia.

Newslaundry · Aug 31, 2022