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Pakistan floods' death toll nears 1,500
Sep 15, 2022 07:41Pakistan's unprecedented floods, which have submerged huge swathes of the South Asian nation, have killed nearly 1,500 people, data showed on Thursday, as authorities looked to step up relief efforts for millions affected by the disaster.
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Dust storm uproots tents of flood victims already made homeless in Pakistan
Sep 13, 2022 11:35A dust storm in Sehwan town in Pakistan's Sindh province on Monday uprooted hundreds of tents pitched at roadsides by people made homeless by the recent floods, as a fresh spell of rains expected in the middle of the month begins to set in, officials said.
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UN chief urges ‘massive’ financial support for flood-hit Pakistan
Sep 10, 2022 14:05UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has toured Pakistan's flood-hit areas, a day after he called on the international community to provide “massive” amounts of relief to the impoverished country.
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UN chief says world to pay 'horrific price' over fossil fuels emissions
Sep 10, 2022 08:14United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has once again raised the alarm about the heavy toll paid by world nations over the consumption of fossil fuels.
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UN chief appeals to world to help badly flood-hit Pakistan
Sep 10, 2022 03:55The UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has arrived in Pakistan to see climate-induced devastation from months of deadly record floods that have left half a million people living in tents under the open sky and have left nearly 1,400 deaths.
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UN chief arrives in flood-hit Pakistan, urges 'massive support' from world
Sep 09, 2022 06:50The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has arrived in Pakistan on Friday for a two-day visit to show support and solidarity with the South Asian country hit by devastating floods.
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Rescue operations still underway as large parts of southern Pakistan remain under water
Sep 08, 2022 02:01Rescuers from the Pakistan navy help residents in Mehar evacuate from their flooded homes, as large parts of southern Pakistan remain under water.
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Pakistan looks ‘like a sea’ after devastating floods, says PM Sharif
Sep 07, 2022 10:46Many parts of Pakistan appear “like a sea,” Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Wednesday following a visit to some of the flood-hit areas in the southern province of Sindh.
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Iran sees no limits in boosting military cooperation with Pakistan: Gen. Baqeri
Sep 02, 2022 12:31Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Baqeri says the Islamic Republic sees no limits to strengthening its military cooperation with Pakistan, especially given the 2020 termination of a decade-long UN arms embargo on Tehran.
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FM follows up Iran-Pakistan economic agreements, receives invitation to Islamabad
Sep 02, 2022 06:58Pakistan has invited Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian to visit Islamabad amid efforts to boost economic ties between the two neighbors.