The 66-inch diameter rising main at the Hub pumping station has been repaired, according to a statement sent by the KWCS spokeswoman. As the water supply to the city is restored in the early hours of Tuesday, “the rising main is being charged,” the statement continued.

Recall that on Saturday, K-Electric abruptly cut off the electricity at Hub Pumping Station, which had an impact on the rising main.

Following receipt of the report, KWSC employees visited the location and examined the impacted line, according to a corporation representative. In an effort to minimize disruption to the public, KWSC Chief Operating Officer Engineer Asadullah Khan directed the pertinent personnel to finish the restoration work as soon as possible.

With the severing of land links with many locations, Harnai and surrounding areas face floods in local rivers and nullahs. The Harnai-Quetta-Punjab route was closed to traffic for the fourth day in a row.

On the second day, train service on the Sibi-Harnai railway line was suspended due to damage caused by flooding to the railway track.

Track maintenance has reportedly begun, according to railway officials.

Some vehicles carrying picnickers were carried away by flooding water, according to the Chagai district government. “The people fled to the adjacent hills and survived, even though the vehicles were destroyed,” the district administration said.

A local dam had a breach at Toba Kakari in Pishin. As per DC Jumadad Mandokhel, “the workers of the irrigation department and PDMA filled earth around the dam to strengthen it.” The deputy commissioner stated, “After 48 years, the earth filling in the dam’s outer portion was completed.”

Bala Nari has seen the inundation of the Nari River from the Naseerabad district. While several acres of wheat in Mithri were ruined by water, the locals were moved to safer areas.

Amidst catastrophic flash floods in Balochistan, the Pakistan Meteorological Department has predicted further rain.

Quetta: The Meteorological Department had forecast further rain, but the initial round of rainfall in Balochistan had not yet ceased.

Additional rain is predicted for the province through April 19, per the Met Office.

Thirty-three millimeters of rain fell in Quetta in the past twenty-four hours, while Sibbi received twenty-eight millimeters, Barkhan 07 received seventeen, Sumingli eleven, Lasbela five, and Nokundi received two millimeters.

Turbat, Gwadar, Kech, and Panjgur had severe and gusty winds on Monday.

Due to the persistently strong rains that pounded many regions of the province, killing and wounding numerous people, the government of Balochistan has declared an urban flood and rain emergency, a government official announced on Monday.

The United States will keep pushing for freedom of expression in Pakistan, according to US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller.

When Matthew Miller briefed the media in Washington on Monday, he stated that the United States will keep promoting both the rule of law and freedom of expression in Pakistan.

The US Secretary of State spoke with the Saudi Foreign Minister last week to discuss de-escalation in the Middle East, however Matthew Miller declined to comment on the visit.

According to Miller, we have persisted in collaborating with Saudi Arabia not only to temporarily reduce tensions but also to pursue a long-term normalization of relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia that would bring years of peace and security to the area.
With the goal of luring billions of dollars in investment from the kingdom, Pakistan’s recently elected government welcomed a high-level delegation from Saudi Arabia earlier on Monday, which was led by Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud.

The delegation comprises of the following individuals: Bandar Ibrahim AlKhorayef, Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources; Mohammed Mazyed Al Towaijri, Head of Saudi Special Committee; and senior officials from the Ministry of Energy and Saudi Fund for General Investments. The Saudi Minister of Water and Agriculture, Eng. Abdul Rahman Abdul Mohsen Al-Fadley, is also in attendance.