"Pakistan is going through its eighth cycle of monsoon while normally the country has only three to four cycles of rain... the percentages of super flood torrents are shocking...The floods (have been) "unprecedented" and "the worst humanitarian disaster of this decade... “Pakistan's priority, at the moment, is this climate-induced humanitarian disaster of epic proportions” Statement made by Sherry Rehman the minister for climate change. (CNN)

ISLAMABAD, Aug 23 (APP): Federal Minister for Climate Change Senator Sherry Rehman, during her remarks in the briefing on current flood emergency in the country by NDMA, stressed the need for immediate International and national mobilization of humanitarian efforts humanitarian and rescue efforts to rehabilitate the aggrieved and flood-hit populations.

The bodies of two Saudi asylum seekers – found dead in their apartment in Sydney’s south west in June – have been repatriated to Saudi Arabia, the country the sisters fled seeking protection in Australia. The police investigation into the deaths of Asra Abdullah Alsehli, 24, and Amaal Abdullah Alsehli, 23, continues, and officers have repeated their calls for any public information.

The federal cabinet had approved the ordinance on Thursday to sell stakes of oil and gas companies and government-owned power plants to the UAE to raise $2 billion to $2.5 billion to avoid the looming default. The UAE had in May refused to give cash deposits due to Islamabad’s inability to return previous loans and instead asked to open its companies for investment. (Tribune Pakistan)