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Floods Affect 4.2m People in Punjab

• PM doubles compensation for families of victims to Rs2m • 161,000 houses, 395 health facilities damaged in Punjab, UNOCHA says • Senate panel told deluges left 1,000 dead, millions displaced ISLAMABAD: As millions of people have been affected and hundreds of casualties reported across the country during the recent floods and monsoon rains, the prime minister has raised the ex-gratia assistance for…

Wounded Childhood

PAKISTAN is unkind to its children. The NCRC’s State of Children in Pakistan Report 2024 scans the grim circumstances our young are forced to navigate, and spells out the systemic apathy towards their safety, health and progress. It asserts that the country faces tremendous difficulties in safeguarding the rights of…

Displaced and Migrant Children in Pakistan: Evidence Report

Forcibly displaced children and other child migrants are at higher risk of…

Police Evacuate 348,907 Flood-hit People

LAHORE:On the instructions of Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz, rescue and relief operations…

Women, Children Among 180 Afghans Deported At Torkham

KHYBER: The authorities deported 180 Afghans including women and children via Torkham border here on 27th March. Official sources told Dawn that these Afghans were illegally staying in Islamabad, Rawalpindi and Peshawar and were deported to Afghanistan under section 14 of Foreigners Act. They said that among the total 180…

Karachi, Dhaka To Receive 5.4m Climate Migrants By 2050: UN

ISLAMABAD: Karachi and Dhaka will be the only two cities in Asia-Pacific region among the 10 cities of the Global South that will receive eight million climate migrants by 2050 if the world warms by more than 1.5 centigrade above pre-industrial levels, a UN study finds. Of those 10 cities,…

Displaced Persons Return To Tough Circumstances In Tirah Valley

KHYBER: Amid complaints about a lack of facilities and shortage of essential items, over 1,000 out of the total 2,041 displaced Kukikhel families have returned to the Thor Chappar area of Tirah Valley here since the second phase of their repatriation began on Oct 29, say officials. They, however, insist that most of the…

Kukikhels To Boycott Polio Drive Over IDPs Issue

KHYBER: Frustrated with an impasse in dialogue with the government regarding the return of the remaining displaced families, Kukikhel elders on September 8 announced to boycott the polio vaccination campaign till their demands were met. Announcing the unanimous decision of the protesting tribesmen camped in Bhagiyaree area, Malak Naseer Ahmad…

Punjab Facing Polio Virus Risk Due To Population Movement

LAHORE: Chief Minister’s Focal Person on Polio Uzma Kardar has said that Pakistan and Afghanistan’s future as polio-free countries are interlinked, reiterating that until the situation improves in Afghanistan, Pakistan cannot eradicate the virus. She expressed these views during her visit to the Emergency Operation Centre of Punjab where she…

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