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FAZILPUR: The stench of decay hangs over a makeshift camp in Pakistan's south, where hundreds of locals have sought shelter from the devastating monsoon floods that have put nearly a third of the country under water. In Punjab province, dozens of tents are perched in the area around a small rural railway station — the only dry land on a horizon of water, reached only by a sliver of road. The odour is a heady mix of rotting vegetation from drowned crops, leftover food scraps and garbage — as well as the accumulated excrement of the hundreds of people and livestock gathered there. In this picture taken on September 3, 2022, Zebunnisa Bibi, a flood-affected woman speaks during an interview with AFP to explain her toilet issues at a makeshift camp in Fazilpur, Rajanpur district of Punjab province. — AFP "There is no place for showering or going to the bathroom," said Zebunnisa Bibi, forced to flee with her family two weeks ago when floodwater inundated her village

A smartly turned-out contingent of PAF Academy Asghar Khan assumed the ceremonial guard duties at the mausoleum of Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah. Photo: Geo News/file   ISLAMABAD: The nation is observing Defence and Martyrs' Day today to pay tribute to  the shaheed (martyrs) and ghazis (honorific for living soldiers) with simplicity amid unprecedented floods that have submerged one-third of the country and have claimed over 1,300 lives so far. The Pakistan Army postponed its annual Defence Day ceremony — held at the General Headquarters on September 6 every year — in solidarity with flood victims across the country. The ceremony is held to commemorate the sacrifices of fallen heroes during the 1965 war. In 1965, the Indian forces, on this day, crossed the international border at night to attack Pakistan but the nation thwarted its nefarious designs. Special prayers were offered after Fajr in mosques this morning for the progress and prosperity of the country and the

Pakistan's Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Reform, Ahsan Iqbal, speaks with Reuters during an interview in Islamabad, Pakistan August 29, 2022. — Reuters More than 1,100 people have been killed in the historic floods. Torrential rains wash away roads, crops, homes, and bridges. Pakistan blames climate change and calls for international help. Pakistan, with lowest carbon footprint, blames developed world. ISLAMABAD: Minister for Planning, Development, and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal said Monday that it might take five years to rebuild and rehabilitate the nation, while in the near term it will be confronted with acute food shortages. Unprecedented flash floods caused by historic monsoon rains have washed away roads, crops, infrastructure and bridges, killing more than 1,100 people in recent weeks and affecting more than 33 million, over 15% of the country's 220 million population. Sherry Rehman, the climate change minister, has called the situation

This screengrab shows a house being washed away in a flood.  PESHAWAR: The scale of destruction due to floods across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa after record rains has made it difficult for the provincial authorities to rescue the affected families in the hill stations of Swat, Dir and Chitral. A video of a big house being washed away in the floods shows the devastation the rains have caused, with many others like it broken or swept away, besides the damage to roads, and hundreds of lives lost. In the video, people can be seen shouting, “Astaghfirullah, Astaghfirullah, Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar, ” as the building collapsed within seconds of being hit. Here’s the video:   Source link https://www.news.qm.com.pk/watch-house-getting-washed-away-in-swat-floods/?feed_id=213306

Sindh has been hit hard by floods after unusually heavy monsoon rains this year - Video Screengrab - Reuters Pakistani farmer Sajid Ali wades glumly through his flooded cotton field after days of torrential monsoon rains let up, surveying the irreversible damage. "My crop is almost totally destroyed, all six acres of it. There is no hope left, because even now the fields are covered in four feet of water," he said from Masoo Burburi, a tiny village in the province of Sindh. Southern Pakistan has been hit hard by floods after unusually heavy monsoon rains this year. Scores of people have been killed and hundreds of homes have been swept away. Around 50 villages in Sindh were inundated, reported local media, after flash floods from the neighbouring province of Balochistan flowed over, destroying thousands of acres of agricultural land and orchards. Ali's village was one of those hit hard. Around 60 families call it home, mostly engaging in agricultural work, pl