Tropical Storm Son-Tinh has left at least six people dead and nine missing in the Philippines, the civil defence chief said on Friday.

Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority (ERRA) has so far completed 8511 projects in earthquake hit areas of Azad Kashmir and areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhaw while work is continuing on

The 4,500MW Diamer-Basha Dam Project is being implemented on priority, as the federal government has allocated about Rs 13.78 billion for the project during the fiscal year 2012-13.

A 5.9-magnitude earthquake rattled the Pacific's Solomon Islands Sunday, seismologists said, but there were no reports of damage and no tsunami alert was issued.

National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said that 375 people have died and more than 44 hundred thousand people have been affected in Pakistan due to monsoon rains.

Flash floods triggered by record rains in southwestern Pakistan have affected around 700,000 people and destroyed hundreds of thousands of acres of crops, officials said Monday.

ANP leader from DIKhan Hizb Ullah Gandapur called on Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Amir Haider Khan Hoti here at his office on Monday and discussed with him matters pertaining to development ac

A strong magnitude 5.4 earthquake shook parts of southern and central Mexico on Saturday, the National Seismological Institute said, adding there were no reports of damage or victims.

As many as 15 persons have lost their lives and around 277,772 others have been affected by the floods caused by hill torrents in the Rajanpur district.

A 4.4 magnitude earthquake jolted Swat and its surrounding area in mid noon hours.

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