PRIME MINISTER’S SECRETARIAT NATIONAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY ISLAMABAD

On 30 July 2011, a Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF) occurred at Talis, Sub division Mashabrum, District Ghanche, Gilgit-Baltistan. As a result, 120 houses were damaged besides causing damage to cropped area. However, no casualty has been reported so far. The district administration is ascertaining the exact detail of damages / losses.

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AT A GLANCE

 WFP through SSTD distributed food among 1900 families

 UNICEF IP (SSD) functionalized 360 latrines, and installed 190 water tanks.

 UNICEF IP (Pak Enterprises) supplying water with a total of 10 tankers and their daily sup-port reached to about 2 Lac 78 Thousand liters

 FDMA/UNHCR will dispatch 2,500 gas cylinders kits for camp IDPs within 3 days.

By Izhar Wani (AFP)

SRINAGAR, India — The death of a 28-year-old man in police custody in Indian Kashmir sparked fresh tensions Sunday even as the region's chief minister promised "swift and exemplary action".

Nazim Rashid was detained by counter-insurgency police Saturday in the northern town of Sopore. He was declared dead early Sunday by police but they gave no reasons for his death. A police spokesman said a detailed statement would follow. Rashid's family alleged he had been tortured to death.

By Zeeshan Haider and Rebecca Conway

NOWSHERA/MEHMOOD KOT, Pakistan, July 31 (Reuters) - A year after deadly floods swept through the Pakistani town of Nowshera resident Imtiaz Ali is seething with anger as he struggles to rebuild his life with almost no help from the government.

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