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Pakistan Floods: 800 Killed, 7,000 Homes Damaged Due To Poor Planning
Floodwaters gushing through mountain villages, cities rendered swamps, mourners gathered at fresh graves -- as Pakistan's monsoon season once again delivers scenes of calamity, it also lays bare woeful preparedness.
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Mountain Mudslide In Pakistan Creates 7-Km Lake, "Catastrophic" Floods Feared
A 7-km lake in northern Pakistan, created by a mountain mudslide, is threatening to burst and unleash potentially "catastrophic" floods downstream, officials warned on Saturday.
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358, Including 30 Children, Killed In Pakistan Due To Flash Floods
Rescue workers on Tuesday recovered more bodies from a mountain village in northwest Pakistan where flash floods triggered by a cloudburst brought down homes and buildings, bringing the death count there to at least 20.
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49 Killed In Flash Floods Triggered By Heavy Rain In Pakistan
Flash floods triggered by heavy rains killed at least 49 people in Pakistan over the past 24 hours, officials said Friday, as rescuers evacuated 1,300 stranded tourists from a mountainous district hit by landslides.
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Mountaineers Trek To Recover Chinese Climber's Body From K2 Peak
A team of mountaineers set off on foot Thursday to recover the body of a Chinese climber from the world's second-highest peak after bad weather grounded helicopter flights, a Pakistani official said.
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9 Bus Passengers Kidnapped, Shot Dead In Balochistan
Armed men killed nine bus passengers after kidnapping them in Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province, officials said on Friday.
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Qatari Royal Named Pakistan's Tourism Ambassador After Conquering "Killer Mountain"
Qatari royal and elite mountaineer Sheikha Asma Al Thani has scripted history by becoming the first woman from her nation to climb Nanga Parbat, one of the highest and most challenging peaks in the world.
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Czech Mountaineer Dies On Pakistan's 'Killer Mountain' Nanga Parbat
A Czech mountaineer fell to her death on the world's ninth-highest peak, Pakistan officials said Friday, becoming the first casualty of the summer...
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NDTV Exclusive: Woman Dead, Daughter Screaming - J&K's Uri Faces Pak Firing
In the mountainous Uri sector of Jammu and Kashmir, less than ten kilometres from the Line of Control (LoC), the family of 45-year-old Nargis Bano is devastated by her loss.
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Pakistan Train Hijack: 190 Passengers Rescued By Security Forces
Pakistan security sources on Wednesday said the military had freed 190 train passengers taken hostage by gunmen on the second day of a siege in the mountainous southwest.
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Pakistan Floods: 800 Killed, 7,000 Homes Damaged Due To Poor Planning
Floodwaters gushing through mountain villages, cities rendered swamps, mourners gathered at fresh graves -- as Pakistan's monsoon season once again delivers scenes of calamity, it also lays bare woeful preparedness.
-
Mountain Mudslide In Pakistan Creates 7-Km Lake, "Catastrophic" Floods Feared
A 7-km lake in northern Pakistan, created by a mountain mudslide, is threatening to burst and unleash potentially "catastrophic" floods downstream, officials warned on Saturday.
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358, Including 30 Children, Killed In Pakistan Due To Flash Floods
Rescue workers on Tuesday recovered more bodies from a mountain village in northwest Pakistan where flash floods triggered by a cloudburst brought down homes and buildings, bringing the death count there to at least 20.
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49 Killed In Flash Floods Triggered By Heavy Rain In Pakistan
Flash floods triggered by heavy rains killed at least 49 people in Pakistan over the past 24 hours, officials said Friday, as rescuers evacuated 1,300 stranded tourists from a mountainous district hit by landslides.
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Mountaineers Trek To Recover Chinese Climber's Body From K2 Peak
A team of mountaineers set off on foot Thursday to recover the body of a Chinese climber from the world's second-highest peak after bad weather grounded helicopter flights, a Pakistani official said.
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9 Bus Passengers Kidnapped, Shot Dead In Balochistan
Armed men killed nine bus passengers after kidnapping them in Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province, officials said on Friday.
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Qatari Royal Named Pakistan's Tourism Ambassador After Conquering "Killer Mountain"
Qatari royal and elite mountaineer Sheikha Asma Al Thani has scripted history by becoming the first woman from her nation to climb Nanga Parbat, one of the highest and most challenging peaks in the world.
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Czech Mountaineer Dies On Pakistan's 'Killer Mountain' Nanga Parbat
A Czech mountaineer fell to her death on the world's ninth-highest peak, Pakistan officials said Friday, becoming the first casualty of the summer...
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NDTV Exclusive: Woman Dead, Daughter Screaming - J&K's Uri Faces Pak Firing
In the mountainous Uri sector of Jammu and Kashmir, less than ten kilometres from the Line of Control (LoC), the family of 45-year-old Nargis Bano is devastated by her loss.
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Pakistan Train Hijack: 190 Passengers Rescued By Security Forces
Pakistan security sources on Wednesday said the military had freed 190 train passengers taken hostage by gunmen on the second day of a siege in the mountainous southwest.
