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From 15 June to October 2022, floods in Pakistan killed 1,739 people, [3] and caused ₨ 3.2 trillion ($14.8 billion) of damage and ₨ 3.3 trillion ($15.2 billion) of economic losses. [4] The immediate causes of the floods were heavier than usual monsoon rains and melting glaciers [5] that followed a severe heat wave, both of which are linked ...
Heavy monsoon rains. Deaths. 4,725. Property damage. $42+ billion USD. From January to October 2022, excessive rainfall and widespread monsoon flooding occurred in the South Asian countries of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. It has become the region's deadliest floods since 2020, with over 4,700 people dead.
1472: Sher Shah Suri (original name Farid Khan born in Multan) 1526 – 1857: Mughal ascendancy (1526–1707), nominal rule by Mughals (1707–1857) 1541 – 1545: Sher Shah Sur built the Rohtas Fort. 1586: Yusufzais defeat Akbar at the Karakar pass [84] 1701: Kalhoro Dynasty establishes its rule over Sindh. 1739: Nadir Shah of Persia invades ...
History of modern Pakistan. The history of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan began on 14 August 1947 when the country came into being in the form of Dominion of Pakistan within the British Commonwealth as the result of Pakistan Movement and the partition of India. While the history of the Pakistani Nation according to the Pakistan government's ...
In May 2023, Pakistan's inflation rate reached 38%, surpassing Sri Lanka to become the highest country in Asia. [40] In June 2023, the Pakistani government unveiled a "Economic Revival Plan" according to which, plans on investments in key areas of production such as on agriculture, mining, Information Technology, defence and the energy sector ...
Countries and territories in South Asia have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The first South Asian country to report a confirmed case was Nepal, which documented its first case on 23 January 2020, in a man who had returned from Wuhan on 9 January. [2] As of 2 July, at least one case of COVID-19 has been reported in every country in ...
April. 3 April – 2022 Pakistani constitutional crisis. 10 April – Imran Khan is removed from the post of Prime Minister of Pakistan through a no-confidence motion, adopted by the majority of the parliament. 11 April – Shehbaz Sharif is sworn-in as the Prime Minister of Pakistan. 18 April – Dadu village fire.
8 August - Pakistan at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games. 9 August - August 2021 Quetta bombing. 12 August - Pakistan Ordnance Factories explosion. 14 August - Karachi grenade attack. 17 August - Vandalism of Maharaja Ranjeet Singh 's statue in Lahore. 20 August - Gwadar suicide attack. 26 August - August 2021 Balochistan attacks.