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BEIJING, May 21 (APP): Chinese Premier Li Keqiang’s upcoming visit to Pakistan will prove to be a milestone in the relationship between the two “old friends,” Pakistan’s Ambassador to China Masood Khalid said in an interview. During his first overseas tour as premier, Li’s choice of Pakistan as one of his stops would “once again provide a great opportunity to renew the time-honored friendship between the two countries,” Khalid said ahead of Li’s visit on May 22-23.

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BEIJING, May 21 (APP): Ahead of an official visit of Premier Li Keqiang to Pakistan, a Chinese scholar has said that Pakistan can play an important role in developing its relations with regional countries, including the Islamic world. Premier Li, who is at present in India on his first leg of four countries’ visit, will arrive Pakistan on Wednesday. According to officials here, Premier Li’s nine-day itinerary also included visiting Switzerland and Germany.

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33 dead, 12 missing in Soth China storms -

BEIJING, May 20 (APP): Thirty three people have died and 12 others were reported missing in the latest round of rain and hailstorms that have swept south China, said the country's civil affairs and disaster reduction authorities. The rainstorms have triggered flooding and landslides in some places, sources with the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the National Committee for Disaster Reduction said Thursday.

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Akhtar Rasool led team management to continue till World Cup

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Flood death tally mounts to 1300

ISLAMABAD, Aug 1 (APP): More than 1300 people have died in floods and heavy rains that have lashed the country during the last several days .Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has waived all provincial taxes, Punjab lifted agricultural tax and Balochistan announced to write off all agri-loans, private news channel reported on Sunday.At least 800 people have lost their lives in rains and flooding in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.At least eight hotels and over 300 houses were swept away in flood water. Massive devastation has been reported in Swat and Shangla, where link bridges and thousands of houses were washed away.

Eleven members of the same family were killed when the roof of their houses collapsed in Kabal area of Dardial.
The province Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has been worst hit in the recent flooding,as over 567 houses were completely destroyed by flash floods, 90 highways were damaged, 58 big thoroughfares were closed for traffic; while, 104 people are still unaccounted for.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Information Minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain said 12 teams have been set up to conduct rescue operations.
Similar devastation triggered by driving rains and subsequent flooding, is in full swing in Punjab, Balochistan, Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Kashmir, where 494 people were killed, raising the overall death toll in the country.
The United Nations said the rains and floods affected over one million people.
According to the statement of National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), besides Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 37 were killed in Punjab, 19 in Balochistan, 32 in Azad Kashmir and at least six people died in Gilgit-Baltistan in floods.

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