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Public outrage continues to mount in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa following the release of a damning fact-finding report into the Swat ...
A powerful southwest monsoon system, combined with a westerly wave, has triggered widespread flood alerts across Pakistan ...
PESHAWAR: Holding a private hotel responsible for the incident over its negligence and lack of professionalism, a ...
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Systemic failure
This was surely not an isolated failure. Just days before the Swat disaster, on June 22, a boat carrying families had capsized in Kalam’s Shahi Bagh Lake, resulting in the loss of four lives that ...
More than 120 people – half of the them children – have died in the past three weeks. Is climate change to blame?
Mountain communities are experiencing the devastating effects of accelerating glacial retreat, with rising temperatures ...
The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has held the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government responsible for the recent drowning of tourists in the Swat River, demanding Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur's ...
Following a severe June heatwave, accelerated glacier melt triggered flash floods and landslides north of Pakistan. The provincial government was criticised for delayed rescue efforts and lack of ...
Blaming India has made it easy for Pakistan to avoid the difficult work of providing water security to its population.
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Same rain, same ruin: KP's monsoon myopia
Last month, tragedy struck the Swat Valley again. The once tranquil and verdant slopes of Fizagat and Khwaza Khela witnessed catastrophic devastation as a massive flash-flood, triggered by torrential ...