On the directives of Prime Minister Imran Khan, National Disaster Management Authority has dispatched a load of over 32 tons humanitarian assistance to flood-hit people of Iran. The consignment comprises two shipments contains 500 tents, 3300 blankets and emergency medical kits. Earlier, a ...

KABUL: In Afghanistan, seventeen people were killed due to flash floods in western parts of the country. According to spokesman for Afghanistan’s National Disaster Management Authority, two days of flooding that started on Thursday killed twelve people in Jawzjan, two in Badghis, two in Herat ...

NEW DELHI: In India, fire broke out at a building that houses several important government offices in Delhi, Wednesday morning. According to local authorities, the fire which started at the fifth floor of the building, has not yet been brought under control. Many government offices, including a ...

ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday said the government was cognizant of increased intensity and frequency of natural disasters and assured allocation of resources for implementation of National Disaster Risk Reduction Policy and National Disaster Management Plan. In his message on ...

WASHINGTON: In California last month, two young children and their great-grandmother died in a wildfire that family members say they never saw coming. In January, thousands of people were panic-stricken in Hawaii by a false alarm that a ballistic missile was about to strike the islands. These and ...

ISLAMABAD: The Senate will begin its session in Islamabad on Monday. According to the agenda fixed for today's session, the House will take up "The National Disaster Management (Amendment) Bill, 2017", besides, deliberating upon several resolutions pertaining to matters of urgent nature. Various ...

ISLAMABAD:Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi says experience should be utilized to fine tune the disaster management strategies and put in place an efficient and effective mechanism in line with best international practices. Chairing the 5th meeting of National Disaster Management Commission in ...

SYDNEY: At least 18 people were killed by a magnitude 6.7 quake that struck Papua New Guinea’s mountainous Southern Highlands early Wednesday, an official said, adding to the death toll from a larger quake last week. The tremor, shortly after midnight local time, struck just 31 km (19 miles) ...

In Indonesia, at least eight people have been killed in landslide in the Central Java district of Magelang.National Disaster Mitigation Agency spokesman said that number of missing people is unclear. 

In Philippines, more than 30 people were killed and several others went missing due to landslides and floods caused by slow moving storm in central parts of the country.The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said the storm forced more than 89,000 people to flee to emergency ...