Flooding in Pakistan
A flood emergency has been declared for Pakistan’s Punjab and Sindh provinces where at least 200 people have died and over 700 villages have been washed away, the News International reports. In Punjab, standing crops on thousands of acres of land have been completely destroyed.
Pakistan Meteorological Department has forecast more rain in Punjab, and parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa during the next 24 hours. It said rain/thundershowers are expected in Gujranwala, Lahore, Rawalpindi and Islamabad divisions of Punjab, Malakand division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan. In Sindh, the government has imposed a rain emergency across the province including Karachi.
Officials at the Utility Stores Corporation confirmed that sugar has not been available at any USC outlet for the last month despite a price hike of Rs7 per kg to Rs60, the Nation reports. As soon as Ramadan ended the supply of subsidized sugar to the USC was halted and sales stopped. Since then no alternative supply arrangements have been made.
Flooding in Pakistan
A flood emergency has been declared for Pakistan’s Punjab and Sindh provinces where at least 200 people have died and over 700 villages have been washed away, the News International reports. In Punjab, standing crops on thousands of acres of land have been completely destroyed.
Pakistan Meteorological Department has forecast more rain in Punjab, and parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa during the next 24 hours. It said rain/thundershowers are expected in Gujranwala, Lahore, Rawalpindi and Islamabad divisions of Punjab, Malakand division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan. In Sindh, the government has imposed a rain emergency across the province including Karachi.
Officials at the Utility Stores Corporation confirmed that sugar has not been available at any USC outlet for the last month despite a price hike of Rs7 per kg to Rs60, the Nation reports. As soon as Ramadan ended the supply of subsidized sugar to the USC was halted and sales stopped. Since then no alternative supply arrangements have been made.
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