KARACHI: The water being supplied to the Malir town is heavily contaminated with faecal material and is unfit for human consumption, says a research study conducted at Karachi University’s Institut

ISLAMABAD: Authorities say the death toll from flash floods triggered by seasonal monsoon rains in various parts of the country has risen to 118.

PESHAWAR: As rains and floods continue to ravage Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, initial damages make for a grim reading, with at least 59 reported deaths across the province.

Heavy monsoon rains have continued to lash much of southern Asia, threatening further casualties and more destruction after a week of lethal floods and landslides.

Local meteorologists measured the quake at 5.5 magnitude with a depth of just 10 kilometres, and 70 kilometres from Khuzdar.

China is helping Pakistan build a wind power plant near its southern port city of Karachi with a total investment of $115 million, according to HydroChina Investment Corporation which invested in t

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday announced Rs 500 million financial aid to help rehabilitate flood affectees in Gilgit-Baltistan.

Over 500,000 people have been affected by floods across the country with the casualty figure surging to 86 and 56 people sustaining injuries on Thursday.

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Climate Change Mushahidullah Khan has warned of more extreme heat waves in the future.

Experts have said the climate change is providing suitable environment for breeding of dengue larva in the region and warned that by the end of this century, the world temperature will rise 1 to 3