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Death toll from rain-related incidents in Pakistan reaches 134

The death toll from rain-related incidents across Pakistan has increased to 134, the country's National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said in a report

Pakistan lacks modern flood warning system

Every year, urban flooding in the cities and flash floods in the mountainous areas cause huge loss of life and properties during the monsoon season

Karachi's problems to be resolved with Sindh government: PM Imran Khan

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday said the "entire nation was feeling the pain the people of Karachi" after the recent record-breaking rains and announced that the federal and Sindh governments would work together to solve the city's major problems

Pakistan sought technology for WMDs, says Israeli paper

A domestic intelligence agency for the German state of Saarland has revealed that Pakistan had sought technology for weapons of mass destruction (WMD) "in order to retain a serious deterrent potential against 'arch-enemy' India"

Close aides of Hafiz Saeed convicted in terror financing case

An Anti-terror court (ATC) on Friday convicted three top leaders of Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) in various cases of terror financing

Educational institutions will reopen on Sept 15, reiterates PM

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday reiterated the government’s decision to reopen all educational institutions from Sept 15 and directed the provinces to finalise necessary arrangements in this regard

Karachi struggles to stay afloat

Though the storm had passed, it left a devastated Karachi, Pakistan's port city, in its wake on Friday, reeling from the record-breaking downpour the previous day and worried about the prediction of more rainfall

106 dead in rain-related incidents across Pakistan

At least 106 people have died and 52 others injured in rain-related incidents across Pakistan, according to the country's disaster management authority

Allowing Nawaz Sharif to leave was a mistake: PM Imran Khan

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that allowing his predecessor Nawaz Sharif to leave the country was a "mistake" and that his government "regretted" the decision

Pakistan reopens tourism amid fears of second wave of COVID-19

The Imran Khan-led Pakistan government, claiming success in containing the spread of COVID-19, has re-opened the tourism sector even as health experts expressed apprehension that the move may trigger a "dangerous second wave" of the coronavirus infection in the country

Virgin Atlantic to operate direct flights to Pakistan from Dec

Virgin Atlantic will start direct flights to Pakistan from December this year, the British airline announced

19 dead as Karachi records highest rainfall in a day

At least 19 people were killed in various rain-related incidents in Karachi, as the Pakistani city recorded its highest downpour in a day since 1967, officials said

Pakistani actress slams Indian media's 'gutter journalism'

Pakistani film actress Mehwish Hayat, in a rather cryptic post, has called out the Indian media for fueling nothing but false news

Pakistan's total debt, liabilities peak to Rs44.5tr

Pakistan’s total debt and liabilities skyrocketed to Rs44.5 trillion by June this year, an addition of a whopping Rs14.6 trillion or 49% compared with the debt burden two years ago, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) reported on Thursday

Active COVID-19 cases in Pakistan fall below 10,000

Active coronavirus cases in Pakistan fell below the 10,000 mark, while less than a dozen deaths have been reported on an average in the last 25 days, according to the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC)