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Mass evacuations in flood-hit Punjab hit 300,000 following alerts by India
The Aam Aadmi Party is dispatching daily relief consignments from Delhi to assist over 1.3 million displaced by severe floods in Punjab province, Pakistan, officials said.
- AAP dispatched its first relief consignment from Delhi to flood-hit Punjab on Arvind Kejriwal's instructions, led by Saurabh Bharadwaj with help from Durgesh Pathak and party workers.
- Punjab has been hit by one of the worst floods in decades, with overflowing Ravi, Chenab and Sutlej rivers claiming over two dozen lives and affecting at least 12 flood-like districts and 23 affected districts.
- Officials say nearly 300,000 people have been evacuated in the past 48 hours, with 1.3 million displaced since last month and about 40,000 in relief camps across 33,000 villages.
- Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif visited Muzaffargarh Wednesday to meet displaced families, while the Shrine of Guru Nanak reopened after floodwaters receded and cleanup.
- India shared a new flood alert with Pakistan early Wednesday, marking the second alert in 24 hours; Pakistan began mass evacuations last month after India released dam water, with floods worst since 2022 when nearly 1,700 died.
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Floods continue to inundate heartland
Pakistan's flood crisis worsened on Wednesday as authorities warned of "exceptionally high" water levels in the Chenab and Sutlej rivers, threatening large parts of southern Punjab. The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) confirmed that monsoon floods have claimed at least 883 lives since late June. In the past 24 hours, two more children died — one in Kotli, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, and another in Islamabad — pushing the nationwide dea…
After heavy rains and a flood warning, nearly 300,000 more people have been brought to safety in the Pakistani province of Punjab.
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Mass evacuations in flood-hit Punjab hit 300,000 following alerts by India
Officials say nearly 300,000 people have been evacuated in the past 48 hours from flood-hit areas of eastern Punjab province, bringing the total number displaced since last month to 1.3 million.
Outrage as viral video shows MPA Saqib Khan Chadhar wearing perfume before meeting flood victims
Punjab is currently reeling from heavy rains and flood disasters, where people in the affected areas are waiting for basic facilities and assistance. At such a critical time, a video of PML-N Punjab Assembly Member Muhammad Saqib Khan Chadhar has gone viral on social media in which he is seen wearing perfume before meeting flood victims. Social media users have expressed extreme anger and outrage over this act, calling it a shameful act. After t…
Nearly 300,000 people have been evacuated in the last 48 hours from flood-affected areas in Punjab province, Pakistan, following India's latest flood alerts, officials said on Wednesday.
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