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Flood response centre says relief, rescue efforts ongoing

1,200 medical camps being set up in flood-hit districts; PM appeals to Unicef, other agencies to help control children's deaths.

Due to the ongoing inundation from Balochistan, the city government has decided to make two further breaches in the barrier at Manchar Lake.

ISLAMABAD -- Pakistani engineers cut into an embankment for one of the countrys largest lakes Sunday to release rising waters in hopes of saving a nearby city and town from flooding as officials predicted more monsoon rain for the countrys already devastated south.

Official says water level in the lake has reached 25 reduced levels; death toll rises to 1,314, with 24 reported during last 24 hours.

Sources say two new breaches to be made to embankment of Pakistans largest freshwater lake

Islamabad, Sep 5 (EFE).- Evacuation efforts in Pakistan continued apace Monday near Lake Manchar, the country’s largest, amid rising water levels due to incessant flooding which has caused more than 1,300 deaths – a third of them children – since mid-June. The breaching on Sunday of a dam to reduce the water pressure in Manchar …

Five union councils flooded through controlled breach to save hundreds of thousands souls

A Blackburn solicitor is heading out to Pakistan to help with the flood relief efforts.

Pakistan may receive aid but it will not receive compensation from those most responsible for climate change