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PM DECLARES CLIMATE, AGRICULTURE EMERGENCY, VOWS DECISIVE REFORMS
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PM SHEHBAZ CALLS FOR A NATIONAL ROADMAP ON CLIMATE RESILIENCE, WARNING AGAINST COMPLACENCY OR DELAYS IN REFORMS
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REGRETS FLOODS AND TORRENTIAL RAINS CAUSED WIDESPREAD DEVASTATION, CLAIMING ABOUT 1,000 LIVES, DISPLACING MILLIONS AND DESTROYING MAJOR CROPS
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Eight die as Malir, Lyari rivers overflow amid more rain forecast in Karachi KARACHI
STAFF REPORT
The death toll from rain-related incidents in Karachi rose to eight on Wednesday, while more than 300 people were relocated to safety after heavy monsoon showers caused the Malir and Lyari rivers to overflow. The Lyari and Malir rivers, once natural seasonal streams, now serve as Karachi’s main storm drains, channeling rainwater through a network of nullahs into the Arabian Sea. Years of urban sprawl, encroachments, and
unchecked dumping of solid waste have reduced their capacity, turning many into open sewers and making urban flooding a recurring threat during monsoon downpours. According to rescue services, four more people lost their lives today, raising the death toll since Tuesday to eight, while three others remain missing. The Edhi Foundation confirmed that rescuers retrieved the bodies of three men and a woman after a van carrying four people was swept into the rainswollen Konkar Nadi in Gadap Town.
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ISLAMABAD
STAFF REPORT
MINISTER RIME Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday called for the formulation of a comprehensive roadmap and national strategy to confront the challenges of climate change, warning that Pakistan was facing recurring bouts of devastating natural disasters. Chairing a cabinet meeting, the prime minister said the recent floods and torrential rains had caused widespread devastation, claiming about 1,000 lives, displacing thousands, and inundating vast swathes of cultivable land. Losses to major crops, including wheat and cotton, were still being assessed, he added. The premier announced that the government would declare a climate and agriculture emergency to address the crisis, cautioning that the danger was not yet over as floodwaters continued to move towards Sindh province. “The federal and provincial governments will jointly contribute to compensate the losses,” he said. CONDEMNATION OF ISRAELI STRIKES IN DOHA: Turning to international developments, Shehbaz strongly condemned Israel’s recent strike.
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