President directs authorities to step up monsoon preparedness as rains batter country

President Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday directed all federal, provincial and localauthorities to intensify coordinated preparedness, rescue and relief measures in view of the ongoing monsoon rains. According to a press release issued by the President’s Secretariat, the president directed authorities to “intensify coordinated preparedness, rescue and relief measures as the country enters a critical phase of the monsoon season, with increasing rains raising the risk of flash floods, cloud bursts...

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