Separate MDCAT for flood victims
The Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) has said medical and colleges admission test is likely to be held for the students both from flood-affected areas or with other valid…
The octogenarian architect working to flood-proof Pakistan
At 82 years old, architect Yasmeen Lari is forging the way in fortifying Pakistan’s rural communities living on the frontline of climate change. Lari, Pakistan’s first woman architect, has ditched…
Russians flood Kazakhstan
Russian companies have flooded their Kazakh partners in recent weeks with new requests to help them circumvent Western sanctions and import badly needed goods, seven sources with direct knowledge of…
Flood funds and telethons
The 2022 monsoon season “on steroids” left in its wake widespread destruction, submerging one third of the country under water, with over half of Pakistan’s districts declared as “calamity hit”.…
Can Pakistan break cycle of destruction in flood rebuilding?
It is nearly five months since floodwaters swept away Muhammad Fazal’s general store in southern Pakistan. Today, he is rebuilding his shop on taller, sturdier foundations - hopeful he will…
Floods 2022
In 2022, record heavy floods in the country caused an estimated economic loss of more than 30 billion dollars. Over 33 million people were badly affected and more than 1700…
Floods, animals and pets
Pakistan has been battered by flash floods that have claimed the lives of nearly 1,500 people and one million animals, including cattle. Between 1999 and 2018, Pakistan ranked as the…
Sindh: floods and rural economy – Part III
What needs to be done? One of the main reasons for the flooding due to torrential rains this time around rather – than the river levels rising –was that the…
Sindh: floods and rural economy – Part I
Sindh has a population of around 50 million. There is an equal division – 52 per cent live in urban areas while 48 per cent in rural areas and around…
Sindh: floods and rural economy
Part II On top of the adverse global and national developments in a post-pandemic world, Sindh and Balochistan got severely hit by extraordinary torrential rains in a short interval of…
