GILGIT (APP) A Commanding Officer of Frontier Works Organisation (FWO) Col Arif drowned in Hunza Lake when he was trying to evacuate three operators of the excavators machines who were stuck up in the lake. Assistant Commissioner Hunza Momin Jan told this news agency here on Friday that three ...

ISLAMABAD - The Government of Japan has decided to grant financial support of US$ 203,671 (approx Rs 17 million) to the Agha Khan Cultural Service Pakistan (AKCSP) for the Environmental Sanitation and Water Supply Projects in Hunza, Gilgit-Baltistan. The agreements for the two projects were ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - Tourism registered downward trend in Hunza following massive land sliding early this year in Attaabad village that siphoned off water flow downstream subsequently forming a huge lake. Ataabad is one of the younger villages in Hunza, inhabited by people from the central oasis five ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - Chairman National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) Lt Gen (r) Nadeem Ahmed Friday said technical experts would be taken on board to take any decision regarding Hunza lake to reduce possible human and material losses upto minimum level. Addressing a Press conference here, he ...

ISLAMABAD (PR) - Telenor Pakistan is providing free telecommunication services to Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation (PBC) in Hunza to assist in emergency communications regarding the situation in Attabad and surrounding areas. According to the companys press release, the Telenor Pakistan is the ...

HUNZA (APP) The water discharge from Hunza lake through spillway along with seepages has jumped to around 4,660 cusecs as reported by Frontier Works Organization on Saturday. The discharge through the spillway increased to around 4,310 cusecs, while the seepages are 350 Cusec water. Meanwhile the ...

KARIMABAD (Reuters) - Water began seeping out from the lake formed by a landslide in Hunza into a spillway Saturday, officials said, who added that the next one or two days are critical to avoid catastrophic flooding. If the spillway doesnt contain the water and the landslide dam bursts, ...

Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that the people of Gilgit-Baltistan would not be left alone in the hour of need and announced partial relief of Rs 0.2 million for each affected family. During a press conference in Islamabad on Wednesday, the PM rubbished the notion that the ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) The water from the Attaabad lake has completely drowned Lower Shishkat, and now the Gilmat population is also under danger. Gilmat is the tehsil headquarter and has a population of 3000. Its markets and lower regions are already flooded. Since the water from the lake is not being ...

Quaid Pakistan Muslim League, Mian Nawaz Sharif has urged the government to seek assistance of China for the construction of alternative roads and to invite private companies for starting of helicopter service in Hunza to transport people from the affected area. Addressing to affected people of ...

Assuring all support of the government to affected people of Hunza, Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani underlined that incumbent democratic government of PPP would not leave their brethren in dire straits at any cost urging substantial funds will be provided after estimation of losses. While ...

ISLAMABAD Federal Minister for Kashmir Affairs, Manzoor Ahmad Wattoo, Tuesday said that at least 36 villages had been evacuated in the wake of expected devastation by upsurge in Hunza Lake. Wattoo while addressing a press conference here said that almost 13,000 people would be affected by the ...

ISLAMABAD (NNI) - Flooding caused by an overflowing lake, formed after a landslide that blocked the River Hunza in January, has forced hundreds to leave their homes, and still poses a threat to displace thousands more. According to media reports, 88 houses in Ameenabad and Shashkat villages, and ...

Chief of the Army Staff Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kiyani Monday visited Attabad area to review the rescue work where a 12.08-kilometre artificial lake has been formed by a massive landslide on January 04. The Jawans of Pakistan Army are not only participating in relief activities but are also trying ...