August 20, 2026
Water entered homes in cantonment areas and submerged vehicles as more than 145mm of rain fell across Rawalpindi and Islamabad. Danger sirens were sounded on Nullah Lai and residents told to evacuate before levels fell to about six feet.
August 19, 2026
The Pakistan Meteorological Department issued a flood alert after three days of rain sent Nullah Lai past 22 feet at Kattarian and sirens were sounded. Levels have since fallen to 17 feet, with more rain forecast to August 21.
May 31, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday has said that 10 dams are being constructed in the next 10 years to overcome the water scarcity threat in the country. While addressing an inaugural ceremony of Pakistan’s first Green Euro formally launched by the Water and Power Development Authority in Islamabad, PM said that “Today we are doing what we were supposed to do 50 years ago,” adding that, “Insha Allah, 10 dams, with the capacity of generating 10, 000 additional, electricity, will be built in Pakistan in the next 10 years. Not only that these dams would also generate clean
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