10 major disasters, 1.2 million people affected across Himalayas in 2025, says ICIMOD analysisThe analysis by the inter-governmental body, International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) also said the increasing imp...
14 May, 2026, 08.46 PM IST
War then water: Pakistan's border villagers face back-to-back evacuationsPakistani villagers near the Indian border are facing repeated displacement due to both cross-border conflict and severe flooding. After fl...
30 Aug, 2025, 11.45 AM IST
22 dead as floods wreak havoc in Pakistan's Punjab; Lahore inundated after almost 40 yrsSevere floods hit Punjab province in Pakistan. Lahore faces inundation after 38 years. Twenty-two people died in the last 24 hours. Over 1,...
29 Aug, 2025, 07.40 PM IST
Pakistan warns of more heavy rains as flash flood death toll hits 327Pakistan's weather department issued warnings for heavier torrential rains nationwide as the death toll from flash floods climbed to 327 in...
17 Aug, 2025, 02.59 PM IST
Monsoon mayhem: Over 200 dead, 560 injured as relentless rains lash PakistanHeavy monsoon rains caused devastation in Pakistan. Over 200 people died, including many children. Punjab experienced the highest number of...
21 Jul, 2025, 01.12 PM IST
China encroached on our land but PM Modi is silent: Mallikarjun KhargeCongress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday alleged that China has encroached on India's land and is constructing houses and roads bu...
25 May, 2024, 02.50 PM IST
Asia world's most disaster-prone region in 2023: WMOFloods and storms led to the highest number of reported casualties and economic losses, and the impact of heat waves intensified, said the ...
23 Apr, 2024, 11.28 AM IST
Pakistan's inflation to rise to 29.5 per cent in FY23: World BankHowever, the World Bank report on the macro poverty outlook for Pakistan said inflation was expected to moderate over the forecast horizon ...
15 Apr, 2023, 08.38 PM IST
Pakistan’s blame game to seek concessions from India on Indus Water TreatyWhile attending recently concluded ‘UN 2023 Water Conference’, Hasan Nisar Jamy, Pakistan’s Water Resources Ministry Secretary stated, “Ind...
09 Apr, 2023, 07.14 AM IST
Six million people in Pakistan facing acute food insecurityThe update also noted that food production in the region has been widely disrupted by the floods caused by higher-than-normal monsoon rains...
25 Jan, 2023, 02.19 PM IST
Pakistan is South Asia's weakest economy: World Bank reportPakistan had unprecedented floods in July last year, devastating large swathes of farmlands. The forex reserves in the country which hit a ...
18 Jan, 2023, 12.46 PM IST
World Bank forecast Pakistan's economic growth to further 'slow' to 2% in FY 2022-23The report, issued by a flagship publication of the World Bank Group, said that global growth was slowing sharply in the face of elevated i...
11 Jan, 2023, 04.27 PM IST
Lack of tenable answers to the IMF may delay release of funds to Pakistan: ReportPakistan had in the current fiscal, estimated flood-related reconstruction costs at PKR 251 billion (USD 1.1 billion). The IMF had asked Pa...
24 Dec, 2022, 01.55 PM IST
Pakistan shrugs off concerns over its 2023 external financing needsPakistan's economy, already in turmoil, has been badly hit by devastating floods this monsoon season which are estimated to have caused ove...
19 Oct, 2022, 11.18 PM IST
Pakistan wants China to rollover $2bn depositsIshaq Dar informed the Ambassador of the effects of Pakistan's unprecedented floods on infrastructure, agriculture, lives and property, as ...
01 Oct, 2022, 05.28 PM IST
Explainer: How bad is Pakistan's economic condition right now?The IMF programme was meant to stabilise an economy that has been in a tailspin for months. The nuclear-armed country has suffered from ext...
30 Sep, 2022, 05.37 PM IST
Flood losses likely to slash Pakistan's GDP to 3 per cent from 5 per centChairman of the National Flood Response and Coordination Centre (NFRCC), Major General Zafar Iqbal, during the joint briefing for Prime Min...
10 Sep, 2022, 12.40 PM IST