Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Oct 7 (NNN-APP) – Pakistani Prime Minister, Shahbaz Sharif, said yesterday that, the Pakistani government had spent almost 100 billion rupees (450 million U.S. dollars), for the relief and assistance of the flood-affected people, as relief and rehabilitation activities continue in affected areas.

ISLAMABAD, Oct 4 (APP): The United Nations has upscaled its humanitarian appeal for the flood affected people of Pakistan to $816 million from previous $160 million assistance, considering a multitude of rehabilitation and health -related issues, cropping up in the post flood situation.

The revised appeal was made for Pakistan on the basis of updated on ground need assessment of the flood situation in the country. The revised ‘2022 Pakistan Floods Response Plan’ (FRP) was shared with UN member states and humanitarian organizations in Geneva.

Islamabad, Oct 4 (PTI) China has shown interest in importing donkeys and dogs from Pakistan, officials have told a parliamentary committee as the cash-strapped country is trying to overcome a major economic crisis.

During a briefing on imports and exports on Monday between the officials of the Ministry of Commerce and Senate Standing Committee, one of its members, Dinesh Kumar said that China has expressed interest in importing donkeys as well as dogs from Pakistan, Geo News reported.

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Last week’s suicide bombing at a Kabul education center killed as many as 52 people, more than twice the death toll acknowledged by Taliban officials, according to a tally compiled by The Associated Press on Monday.

Dozens more were wounded in Friday’s blast, making it one of the bloodiest attacks since the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan more than a year ago. There was no claim of responsibility, but Islamic State group extremists have carried out a series of attacks against Taliban targets and ethnic minorities.

ISLAMABAD, Oct 01 (APP): Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday said that the peaceful rise of China as the second largest economy and paramount global power was a source of stability in a perpetually changing world.

On the National Day of China, the prime minister extended the heartiest greetings to President Xi Jinping, Premier Li Keqiang and the people of China.

On his Twitter handle, the prime minister said that China offered a promise of hope to the developing world, beset by multiple crises relating to climate, finance, food and energy.

Islamabad, Sep 27 (PTI) The catastrophic floods that hit Pakistan has caused the country a whopping USD 28 billion in damages and it might take 2 to 10 years for the long-term construction of the areas affected by the unprecedented calamity, the media reported on Tuesday, quoting a revised estimate.

Islamabad, Sep 27 (PTI) Ishaq Dar, the former finance minister of Pakistan who is once again set to take charge as the new financial czar, has vowed to take the cash-strapped country out of the economic vortex, the media reported on Tuesday.

The senior leader of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Monday returned to Pakistan from London with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, who following a meeting with Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif, announced the appointment of 72-year-old Dar as the incoming finance minister.

ISLAMABAD, Sep 26 (APP): One each relief assistance flight from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and Turkiye on Monday landed at Jinnah International Airport, Karachi.

A total of 9 such flights carrying relief goods for the flood affectees of Pakistan had arrived from KSA, Foreign Office Spokesperson said in a press release.

While, one relief assistance flight from Turkiye was also received at Jinnah International airport, Karachi.

It was 14th flight from Turkiye, carrying relief goods for the people affected by unprecedented floods in Pakistan.

NEW DELHI, Sept 26 (NNN-Bernama) — Six soldiers, including two majors, were killed in a Pakistani military helicopter crash in the province of Balochistan on Sunday night.

The helicopter crashed during a flying mission in the Harnai area, the military’s media wing Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement on Monday.

“All 6 personnel on board including 2 pilots have embraced shahadat (martyrdom),” the ISPR said.

This is the second army helicopter crash in Balochistan in less than two months.

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The World Bank said it will provide about $2 billion in aid to Pakistan, ravaged by floods that have killed more than 1,600 people this year, the largest pledge of assistance so far.

Unprecedented monsoon rains and flooding this year — which many experts attribute to climate change — have also injured some 13,000 people across the country since mid-June. The floods have displaced millions and destroyed crops, half a million homes and thousands of kilometers (miles) of roads.