Tag: Punjab province
Many displaced by Pakistan’s flood-hit Punjab return to find homes and crops destroyed
KHANEWAL, Pakistan (AP) — Most of the 2.6 million people displaced by record floods in Pakistan’s Punjab province…
Flood survivors begin to return home in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab as water recedes
MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — Displaced families began returning home as floodwaters significantly receded across much of Pakistan’s eastern…
Boat capsizes in Pakistan floods, killing nine, authorities say
LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) -At least nine people died when a rescue boat capsized during flood relief efforts in…
Pakistan evacuates 25,000 people from eastern city as rivers threaten flooding
JALALPUR PIRWALA, Pakistan (AP) — Rescuers backed by troops evacuated more than 25,000 people from a city in…
Floods affect 1.2 million, displace nearly 250,000 in eastern Pakistan
NAROWAL, Pakistan (AP) — Rescuers in boats raced to reach stranded families in Pakistan’s populous eastern Punjab province…
Pakistan blows up dam embankment as it braces for flood surge
Pakistan authorities blew up an embankment next to a monsoon-engorged dam on Wednesday as flooding submerged one of…
Pakistan evacuates 150,000 people after flood warning from rival India
By Asif ShahzadLAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) -Pakistan evacuated at least 150,000 people in areas along three rivers in its…