ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Meteorological Department on Monday issued a flood warning for Karachi and Hyderabad during a spell of downpours expected from Thursday to Saturday this week.
Rains last month battered Pakistan’s port city and financial hub of Karachi, killing ten and turning even the poshest areas into rivers of trash and leading Prime Minister Imran Khan to call in the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) and the army to clean up the city in the aftermath of the downpours.
The Met department said a low pressure system from the Bay of Bengal would approach Sindh province on Thursday, causing “strong monsoon currents ... to penetrate Sindh, south Punjab and eastern Balochistan from Thursday (evening/night) to Saturday.”
“Heavy downpour may generate urban flooding in Karachi and Hyderabad and flash flooding in hill torrents of Khuzdar on Friday/Saturday,” the statement said. “All concerned authorities are advised to remain alert during the period.”
The department added that widespread rain and thundershowers were also expected in the cities of Thatta, Badin, Tharparkar, Umerkot, Mirpurkhas, Sanghar, Tando Allah Yar, Matiari, Tando Muhammad Khan, Jamshoro, Dadu and Shaheed Benazirabad during this period.
Scattered rain and thundershowers would hit Bahawalpur, Rahim Yar Khan, Khairpur, Sukkur, Larkana, Kambarshahdad Kot, Jacobabad, Kashmore, Ghotki, Jaffarabad, Jhalmagsi, Khuzdar, Lasbela and Awaran on Friday and Saturday, the statement said.
Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah visited many areas of Karachi on Monday to review work on the cleaning the the city’s storm-water drains and animal waste after the Eid Al-Adha festival.
On Sunday, NDMA Chairman Lt Gen Mohammad Afzal had said work on cleaning major storm-water drains in Karachi would begin from Monday.
Met department warns rains this week may flood Pakistan’s financial hub of Karachi
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Met department warns rains this week may flood Pakistan’s financial hub of Karachi
- Rains battered Karachi last month, killing ten and turning the city’s streets into rivers of trash
- PM Khan has called in the National Disaster Management Authority and army to clean up the city
Pakistan’s ‘Forward Sports’ to kick off operations in Saudi Arabia
- Forward Sports is a leading Pakistani sports goods manufacturer that produces Adidas’ official World Cup footballs
- Saudi ambassador meets Forward Sports representatives to discuss opening company’s headquarters in Kingdom
ISLAMABAD: Prominent Pakistani sports goods manufacturer Forward Sports is set to open its headquarters in Saudi Arabia, the Kingdom’s embassy said on Thursday.
Forward Sports, based in Pakistan’s eastern city of Sialkot, is famous for manufacturing and exporting high quality footballs. It produces Adidas’s official World Cup match balls and recently displaced a Chinese competitor as the German brand’s largest football supplier.
Pakistan’s Finance Minister told Arab News in November that Forward Sports’ representatives and Saudi officials met during the Future Investment Initiative summit in Riyadh in October. Both sides explored a model in which high-precision manufacturing takes place in Pakistan, with finishing, packaging and regional distribution shifted to Saudi Arabia as part of its industrial localization push, the minister said.
“In the context of strengthening trade relations between the two friendly countries, the ambassador of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques to Pakistan, Nawaf bin Said Al-Malki, met representatives of Forward Sports Industries to discuss preparations for opening the company’s headquarters in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,” the Saudi embassy in Pakistan said.
The collaboration in manufacturing footballs takes place as Saudi Arabia gears up to host the 2034 FIFA World Cup, which is driving demand for sports-related goods in the Kingdom.
Saudi businessmen have previously eyed collaboration with Pakistan, especially when it comes to importing sports goods and surgical instruments from the country.
A Saudi business delegation in 2022 visited the manufacturing units of Forward Sports, Elmed Instruments (Pvt) Limited and Hilbro International (Pvt) Limited companies, all located in Sialkot, to assess the quality of sports and surgical instruments there.
The development takes place as Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif directs his government to increase its focus on enhancing exports. Islamabad has sought to escape a prolonged economic crisis over the past few years, seeing increased exports and foreign investment as key drivers of sustainable economic growth.
