Tag: gilani

  • Pakistan floods: monsoons bring more misery to millions

    More than 5 million people have been affected by monsoons that have brought flash flooding to areas of southern Pakistan. Prime minister Yousaf Raza Gilani has cancelled a trip to attend the United Nations in New York in order to co-ordinate emergency aid for flood victims, a move indicative of the situation’s seriousness. Sindh province, one…

  • Six more die of dengue fever in Lahore

    LAHORE: Six more patients succumbed to the virus in Lahore on Monday, while more than 7,000 cases were reported in Punjab. The death toll from the dengue virus has now reached 39 in Lahore. Unofficial reports suggest that over 12,000 people have been affected by dengue in Lahore alone. The virus has also claimed one life in Islamabad. In Multan,…