{"id":70057,"date":"2026-09-01T05:30:03","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T05:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsvog.com\/ur\/70057"},"modified":"2026-09-01T05:30:05","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T05:30:05","slug":"pakistan-army-called-in-as-rain-triggers-emergency-in-rawalpindi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsvog.com\/ur\/70057","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan Army called in as rain triggers emergency in Rawalpindi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size:16px;line-height:1.6\">\n<p><strong>RAWALPINDI: The Pakistan Army has been called in to assist with rescue and relief operations in Rawalpindi as torrential rains inundated low-lying areas and raised the threat of urban flooding across the city.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Army troops have reached several areas to assist authorities in ongoing emergency and relief operations, while the Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA) has declared a rain emergency and placed its teams on high alert.<\/p>\n<p>WASA personnel and heavy machinery have been deployed in vulnerable low-lying areas, including Liaquat Bagh, Committee Chowk Underpass, Murree Road and Sadiqabad, according to WASA Managing Director.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"entry-content-asset videofit\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pak Army Called In Rawalpindi || Heavy Rain Emergency Situation\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/U8gxIOnLSLI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Authorities are continuously monitoring Nullah Lai and other drains across the city amid rising water levels. The water flow at Kattarian reached 27 feet, while 21 feet was recorded at Gawalmandi.<\/p>\n<p>Warning sirens were sounded after the water flow in Nullah Lai increased, while residents living in surrounding areas were alerted about the possibility of a further rise in water levels.<\/p>\n<p>Rawalpindi received exceptionally heavy rainfall, with Shamsabad recording 195 millimetres, the highest amount reported. New Kattarian received 180mm, Golra 157mm and the Pakistan Meteorological Department recorded 146mm.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Read more: <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/arynews.tv\/schools-closed-as-islamabad-rawalpindi-face-heavy-rains\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Schools closed as Islamabad, Rawalpindi face heavy rains<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>WASA has urged citizens to avoid unnecessary travel and remain indoors as the city continues to deal with the impact of heavy rainfall.<\/p>\n<p>Rawalpindi Deputy Commissioner Captain (retd) Nadeem Nasir visited several affected areas and inspected the situation around Nullah Lai. Speaking to the media, he said Rawalpindi and Islamabad had received nearly 200mm of rain overall.<\/p>\n<p>The deputy commissioner said the administration had announced a holiday for public and private educational institutions in Rawalpindi due to the heavy rainfall.<\/p>\n<p>He urged parents to keep their children at home and avoid sending them outside unnecessarily while the weather situation remained hazardous.<\/p>\n<p>Nadeem Nasir said the Pakistan Army remained on standby to assist the civil administration in rescue and relief operations if required.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/arynews.tv\/pakistan-army-called-in-as-rain-triggers-emergency-in-rawalpindi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RAWALPINDI: The Pakistan Army has been called in to assist with rescue and relief operations in Rawalpindi as torrential rains inundated low-lying areas and raised the threat of urban flooding across the city. Army troops have reached several areas to assist authorities in ongoing emergency and relief operations, while the Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA) has declared a rain emergency&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":70058,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan"],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":16,"label":"Pakistan"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/newsvog.com\/ur\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pakistan-Army-Rawalpindi-Islamabad-rain-1024x576.jpg",1024,576,true],"author_info":{"display_name":"frkhokhar@gmail.com","author_link":"https:\/\/newsvog.com\/ur\/author\/frkhokhargmail-com"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":16,"name":"Pakistan","slug":"pakistan","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":16,"taxonomy":"category","description":"All about Pakistan","parent":0,"count":4150,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":16,"category_count":4150,"category_description":"All about Pakistan","cat_name":"Pakistan","category_nicename":"pakistan","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsvog.com\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsvog.com\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsvog.com\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsvog.com\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsvog.com\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70057"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsvog.com\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70057\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70059,"href":"https:\/\/newsvog.com\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70057\/revisions\/70059"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsvog.com\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsvog.com\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsvog.com\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsvog.com\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}