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Express Tribune
24-04-2025
- Politics
- Express Tribune
Punjab to provide 10,000 electric bikes to students
The Punjab government has announced plans to distribute 10,000 free electric bikes to deserving students across the province under a new welfare initiative for Zakat-eligible individuals. The decision was made during a meeting of the sub-committee of the Punjab Zakat and Ushr Council, chaired by Special Assistant to the Chief Minister on Zakat and Ushr, Rashid Iqbal Nasrullah. 'This scheme is being launched on the instructions of Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz,' Nasrullah said. 'In the first phase, 2,000 bikes will be distributed.' The meeting was attended by Senator Dr Ghaus Muhammad Khan Niazi, MPA Malik Iftikhar Ahmed, Parliamentary Secretary for Zakat and Ushr Zubair Ahmed, as well as other provincial assembly members, the Administrator Zakat and Ushr Punjab, and senior departmental officials. The council members unanimously approved the distribution plan, which targets male and female students deemed eligible under the Zakat criteria. Nasrullah noted that the electric bike programme is part of a broader effort to support underprivileged segments of society through accessible transportation and sustainable mobility options. 'More welfare initiatives will be introduced to support Zakat beneficiaries in the future,' he added.
Khaleej Times
27-02-2025
- Climate
- Khaleej Times
Death toll from Afghanistan's rain, hail rises to 39, say officials
The death toll from recent heavy rain and hail in three Afghan provinces has risen by 10 to 39, disaster management officials said on Wednesday. Flash floods ripped through the western border province of Farah on Tuesday, washing away 21 people, while three more were killed when a hail storm caused their house to collapse. "The flood was strong, it destroyed my farm, it destroyed everything... all the lands were flooded away," Nasrullah, a 50-year-old farmer, told AFP. "In my 60 years of life I had never seen such wind, rain, and storm," said another farmer, Mohammad Ibrahim. He said the storm was so strong it "threw the fences 30-35 metres away" and blew away everything made of wood. The district governor, Mohammed Sadeq Jehadmal, told AFP that 50 houses and 60 shops were damaged, while "between 2,000 up to 2,500 solar panels were destroyed". Further east, six people were killed in Helmand province, including a child struck by lightning, and nine in Kandahar province. Officials said the deadly downpours may however help improve long-term drought conditions in several provinces, including flood-hit Farah. "It's constantly raining and snowing in most of the provinces, which has reduced the drought," said Abdullah Jan Sayeq, spokesman for Afghanistan's National Disaster Management Authority. "This will enrich the water infrastructure. Agriculture will be improved and will have positive effects on livestock." Afghanistan is among the poorest countries in the world after decades of war and is particularly exposed to the effects of climate change, which scientists say is spurring extreme weather. It is ranked as the country sixth most vulnerable to climate change. Drought, floods, land degradation and declining agricultural productivity are key threats, according to the UN. Flash floods in May last year killed hundreds and swamped swaths of agricultural land in Afghanistan, where 80 per cent of people depend on farming to survive.
Gulf Today
27-02-2025
- Climate
- Gulf Today
Death toll from Afghanistan's rain, flash flood soars to 39
The death toll from recent heavy rain and flash flood in three Afghan provinces has risen by 10 to 39, disaster management officials said on Wednesday. Flash floods ripped through the western border province of Farah on Tuesday, washing away 21 people, while three more were killed when a hail storm caused their house to collapse. "The flood was strong, it destroyed my farm, it destroyed everything... all the lands were flooded away," Nasrullah, a 50-year-old farmer, told the media. "In my sixty years of life I had never seen such wind, rain, and storm," said another farmer, Mohammad Ibrahim. He said the storm was so strong it "threw the fences 30-35 meters away" and blew away everything made of wood. The district governor, Mohammed Sadeq Jehadmal, told AFP that 50 houses and 60 shops were damaged, while "between 2,000 up to 2,500 solar panels were destroyed". Further east, six people were killed in Helmand province, including a child struck by lightning, and nine in Kandahar province. Officials said the deadly downpours may however help improve long-term drought conditions in several provinces, including flood-hit Farah. "It's constantly raining and snowing in most of the provinces, which has reduced the drought," said Abdullah Jan Sayeq, spokesman for Afghanistan's National Disaster Management Authority. "This will enrich the water infrastructure. Agriculture will be improved and will have positive effects on livestock." Afghanistan is among the poorest countries in the world after decades of war and is particularly exposed to the effects of climate change, which scientists say is spurring extreme weather. It is ranked as the country sixth most vulnerable to climate change. Drought, floods, land degradation and declining agricultural productivity are key threats, according to the UN. Flash floods in May last year killed hundreds and swamped swaths of agricultural land in Afghanistan, where 80 percent of people depend on farming to survive. Agence France-Presse
