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Karachi flooded by rain; Flood warning for Indus River too
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Karachi flooded by rain; Flood warning for Indus River too

Karachi is flooded due to heavy rain since few days. There are also flood warning in different part of country. Rain killed 93 people, including 47 children, damaging 2807 completely, and destroying 388 kilometers of rural to urban roads. Through a video link from CM House, Syed Murad Ali Shah informed Prime Minister Mian Shahbaz Sharif that rain in Sindh (Karachi) is 369 percent greater than normal during the monsoon. Statement issued by the Sindh CM on Thursday said that the chief ministers and chief secretaries from their respective provinces attended the meeting of the prime minister in Islamabad via video link. There is an urgent need for the federal government to provide compensation for losses of lives, infrastructure, crops and houses. Sindh Bank also redirected to defer re...