Finance Minister Senator Ishaq Dar has underlined the need for developing countries having access to affordable energy for realization of development goals.

A low intensity 4.3 magnitude earthquake felt in Musakhel area of Balochistan and its suburbs on Thursday morning.

The death toll from a powerful earthquake in Pakistan rose to at least 208 on Wednesday after hundreds of mud houses collapsed on people in a remote area near the Iranian border, officials said.

National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) spokesman Kamran Zia has said that 1.5 million people were affected in the country due to rains and flood.

KARACHI: Seven new cases of dengue fever were reported from Karachi and one from Hyderabad to Sindh Dengue Surveillance and Control Cell on Wednesday.

Pakistan and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Monday signed an agreement to invest $245 million on improving the country's power distribution systems.

Federal government has launched seven new schemes for poverty alleviation and employment across the country.

India has invited Pakistan for talks on four controversial hydel power projects with capacity to generate more than 2000MW of energy, that it is building on Chenab river.

At least 10 lives were claimed by dengue in Karachi up till now while more than 800 cases have been confirmed in the Sindh province.

At least five members of a family were swept away by flash flood in River Chenab at Kachi Lal here on Thursday.