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Flood waters in Sohbat Pur

 

Photograph: Zahid Hussain

AP

 

Pakistan floods cause devastation – in pictures

Flooding in Pakistan has killed more than 1,000 people

and affected over 30 million, in a catastrophe that is still unfolding.

‘We are witnessing the worst flooding in the history of the country,’

says Dr Fahad Saeed, a scientist with the Climate Analytics group

 

‘Monster monsoon’:

why the floods in Pakistan are so devastating

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Tue 30 Aug 2022    08.43 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2022/aug/30/
pakistan-floods-cause-devastation-in-pictures

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photograph: Shah Meer Baloch

 

‘We screamed our hearts out for help’:

homeless escape Pakistan floods

Hundreds of thousands of homes are under water in Sindh province,

and locals have no food and say the state has abandoned them

by Shah Meer Baloch in Dadu

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Tue 6 Sep 2022    03.00 BST

Last modified on Tue 6 Sep 2022    03.02 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/06/
we-screamed-our-hearts-out-for-help-homeless-escape-pakistan-floods

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pakistan        UK / USA

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/
pakistan

https://www.theguardian.com/world/
asif-ali-zardari

 

2024

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/01/
asif-ali-zardari-pakistan-president-benazir-bhutto

 

 

 

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/02/
world/asia/pakistan-blasphemy-violence.html

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/09/
pakistan-election-2024-results-delays

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/07/
bombings-at-election-offices-in-pakistan

 

 

 

 

2023

 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/dec/21/
pakistan-uses-artificial-rain-in-attempt-to-cut-pollution-levels

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/dec/19/
womens-ordeal-under-pakistan-ghag-illegal-forced-marriage-custom

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/aug/28/
fatima-furiro-
how-many-more-poor-child-workers-must-die-in-pakistan-
before-change-happens

 

https://www.npr.org/2023/08/16/
1194162768/pakistan-christians-churches-attacked-mob-blasphemy

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/31/
islamic-state-pakistan-suicide-bombing-taliban

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/11/
pakistan-army-deployed-across-country-
as-unrest-triggered-by-imran-khan-arrest-continues

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/apr/03/
52-years-bangladesh-birangona-women-mass-rape-surviviors

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/12/
mob-storms-pakistan-police-station-and-lynches-man-accused-of-blasphemy

 

https://www.npr.org/2023/02/02/
1152917151/pakistan-imf-peshawar-mosque-terrorist-attack-electricity-crisis

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/feb/01/
pakistan-textile-industry-crisis-women

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/31/
pakistan-children-drown-overloaded-boat-capsizes-tanda-dam-lake

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/30/
pakistan-mosque-explosion-kills-worshippers-peshawar

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/29/
dozens-die-including-children-in-pakistan-bus-and-boat-crashes

 

https://www.npr.org/2023/01/29/
1152435586/bus-crash-falls-off-bridge-pakistan-40-dead

 

 

 

 

2022

 

https://www.npr.org/2022/11/18/1137127344/
imran-khan-pakistan-interview

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2022/nov/04/
all-the-chillies-have-rotted-away-pakistani-farmers-fight-to-save-chilli-crop-
in-pictures

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/03/
imran-khan-shooting-latest-incident-pakistan-violent-political-history

 

https://www.npr.org/2022/10/18/
1129735962/pakistani-fishermen-must-ferry-residents-
to-reach-their-villages-now-islands

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2022/10/08/
1127631160/midwives-in-pakistan-are-mobilizing-to-help-women-and-children-
after-the-floods

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2022/oct/13/
pakistan-floods-in-pictures-gideon-mendel-sindh-province-drowning-world

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/12/
pakistan-floods-impact-years-crops-farms

 

https://www.npr.org/2022/09/19/
1123798981/climate-change-likely-helped-cause-deadly-pakistan-floods-
scientists-find

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/14/
world/asia/pakistan-floods.html

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/sep/08/
pakistan-floods-climate-crisis

 

https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2022/sep/07/
the-human-cost-of-pakistans-devastating-floods

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/06/
we-screamed-our-hearts-out-for-help-homeless-escape-pakistan-floods

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/sep/05/
rich-countries-pakistan-flooding-climate-crisis-cop27

 

https://www.npr.org/2022/09/01/
1120472954/pakastan-flooding-relief-efforts

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/31/
pakistan-floods-before-and-after-images-show-extent-of-devastation

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/aug/31/
flooding-pakistan-britains-imperial-legacy

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/30/
pakistan-monsoon-on-steroids-flooding-warning-antonio-guterres

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2022/aug/30/
pakistan-floods-cause-devastation-in-pictures

 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/aug/29/
monster-monsoon-why-the-floods-in-pakistan-are-so-devastating

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/28/
people-are-getting-sick-destitution-in-flood-hit-pakistan

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/28/
pakistans-south-braces-for-deluge-as-death-toll-from-floods-tops-1000

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/26/
pakistan-declares-emergency-floods-monsoon-rains

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/25/
imran-khan-what-do-terrorism-charges-signify-for-former-pakistan-pm

 

 

 

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2022/06/28/
1104942210/too-shallow-few-fish-unsafe-water-floating-down-the-indus-river-
in-a-rubber-ding

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2022/feb/24/
tycoons-son-sentenced-to-death-in-pakistan-in-and-case

 

https://www.npr.org/2022/02/15/
1080843294/qandeel-baloch-brother-acquittal-murder-pakistan

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/13/
man-stoned-to-death-in-pakistan-after-desecrating-quran

 

https://www.npr.org/2022/01/08/
1071547294/pakistan-cars-cold-snow-deaths

 

 

 

 

2021

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/dec/10/
rage-men-lynching-priyantha-kumara-pakistan-india

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/dec/03/
pakistan-sri-lankan-man-priyantha-diyawadana-tortured-killed-a
lleged-blasphemy-sialkot

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/26/
world/asia/afghanistan-pakistan-taliban.html

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/aug/16/
china-russia-pakistan-expect-increase-influence-afghanistan

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/apr/05/
mass-graves-pakistan-shia-minority-hazara-slaughter-imran-khan

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/feb/10/
family-of-girl-12-forced-to-marry-abductor-condemn-pakistan-authorities

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2021/01/29/
961258106/pakistans-vaccine-worries-rich-people-and-conspiracy-theorists

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/28/
daniel-pearl-pakistan-supreme-court-orders-release-of-acquitted-man

 

 

 

 

2020

 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/dec/22/
boohoo-selling-clothes-made-by-pakistani-workers-who-earned-29p-an-hour

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/dec/22/
hungry-and-afraid-life-for-factory-workers-meeting-uk-demand-for-cheap-clothes-boohoo-claims

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/27/
pakistan-blast-at-seminary-in-peshawar-kills-injured

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/21/
pakistani-shias-live-in-terror-as-sectarian-violence-increases

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/30/
world/asia/pakistan-blasphemy-killing-american.html

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/may/27/
fast-fashion-pakistan-garment-workers-fight-for-rights-amid-covid-19-crisis

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/17/
female-teenagers-in-pakistan-shot-dead-by-relatives-over-video

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/15/
world/asia/kashmir-pakistan-shelters-assault.html

 

 

 

 

2019

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/dec/21/
death-sentence-for-pakistani-lecturer-junaid-hafeez-in-blasphemy-case-prompts-outcry

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/03/
world/asia/pakistan-child-rapes-killings-kasur.html

 

https://www.npr.org/2019/03/10/
701452462/pakistans-long-support-for-militants-puts-the-country-in-a-bind

 

https://www.npr.org/2019/01/29/
689611827/pakistans-supreme-court-upholds-christian-woman-s-blasphemy-acquittal

 

 

 

 

2018

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/nov/13/
pakistan-failing-to-provide-millions-of-girls-with-an-education-report-says

 

https://www.npr.org/2018/11/08/
665531066/asia-bibi-pakistani-woman-acquitted-of-blapshemy-is-freed-from-jail

 

https://www.npr.org/2018/11/02/
663380270/protesters-delay-release-of-pakistani-woman-acquitted-for-blasphemy

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/16/
opinion/pakistan-elections-villages-military.html

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2018/07/15/
628086226/pictures-of-the-motherland-he-never-knew

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/13/
suicide-bomb-attack-kills-85-and-wounds-100-at-mastung-pakistan-election-rally

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/10/
suicide-bombing-kills-at-least-12-at-pakistan-political-rally

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2018/05/26/
614020750/why-its-so-hard-to-wipe-out-polio-in-pakistan

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2018/01/10/
574945724/pakistans-transgender-women-long-marginalized-mobilize-for-rights

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2018/01/05/
575702444/you-cant-make-a-country-cooperate-by-arm-twisting-
pakistan-reacts-to-u-s-aid-cut

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/01/04/
575492300/u-s-suspends-most-security-assistance-to-pakistan

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2018/01/02/
575056954/tensions-rise-
between-pakistan-and-u-s-after-president-trumps-tweet

 

 

 

 

2017

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2017/12/14/
564614689/concern-grows-in-pakistan-over-cases-of-disappearance

 

http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2017/10/13/
557195911/the-taliban-cant-win-says-commander-of-u-s-forces-in-afghanistan

 

http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2017/10/10/
556088096/in-pakistan-growing-concern
-over-tensions-between-military-and-civilian-leaders

 

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/08/31/
547531794/5-cleared-2-convicted-in-bhutto-murder-case-
but-1-major-suspect-still-at-large

 

http://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2017/08/31/
547286796/why-some-muslims-in-pakistan-wont-be-able-to-buy-a-goat-this-year

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/feb/20/
islamic-state-foothold-pakistan-government-sehwan-bombing-saudi-fundamentalism

 

 

 

 

2016

 

http://www.npr.org/2016/07/26/
487346357/after-his-assassination-a-pakistani-artists-family-keeps-his-song-alive

 

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/30/
can-pakistan-win-its-war-against-the-taliban-mohammed-hanif

 

 

 

 

2015

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/08/
opinion/sunday/the-pakistan-nuclear-nightmare.html

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/22/
opinion/toward-a-saudi-pakistani-rift.html

 

http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/04/14/
picturing-hope-in-pakistan/

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/24/
opinion/roger-cohen-pakistan-in-its-labyrinth.html

 

 

 

 

2014

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/10/
opinion/pakistans-latest-crisis.html

 

 

 

 

2012

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/nov/24/
pakistan-bomb-kills-seven

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pakistani        UK

 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/dec/22/
boohoo-selling-clothes-made-by-pakistani-workers-who-earned-29p-an-hour

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Islamabad

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

monsoon        UK

 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/aug/29/
monster-monsoon-why-the-floods-in-pakistan-are-so-devastating

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

blasphemy        UK

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/12/
mob-storms-pakistan-police-station-and-lynches-man-accused-of-blasphemy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

rape        UK

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/feb/09/
pakistan-rape-epidemic-woman-attacked-park-islamabad

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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