PESHAWAR – All ETA (Educational Testing and Assessment) exams scheduled for today in flood-affected areas of Upper and Lower Dir, as well as Chitral, were postponed due to ongoing heavy rains and flooding.
According to ETA officials, the severe weather and flood situation have made it impossible to hold exams safely in the affected districts.
The ETA Director confirmed that new dates for the postponed tests will be announced later. He emphasized that all decisions will be made keeping students’ convenience and safety as the top priority, once conditions improve.
Torrential rains, cloudbursts, and flash floods have wreaked devastation across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) and Gilgit-Baltistan (GB), claiming at least 330 lives, injuring dozens, and leaving many missing.
In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s districts of Battagram, Bajaur, and Mansehra, cloudbursts, flash floods, and landslides have claimed 307 lives and injured dozens of people, while many remain missing.
More than 330 dead as torrential rains, flash floods ravage northern Pakistan
According to the PDMA, the dead include 279 men, 13 children, and 15 women, while the injured comprise 17 men, four women, and two children. Heavy rains and flash floods damaged 45 houses — seven completely and 38 partially — along with three schools.
The PDMA said incidents occurred in Bajaur, Battagram, Torghar, Mansehra, Swat, Buner, and Shangla, with Bajaur and Battagram suffering the worst damage, where rescue operations are still underway.
PDMA had earlier issued weather alerts to all district administrations, directing precautionary measures. Given the current situation, it has ordered relief work to be accelerated and immediate assistance provided to the affected population.
Authorities have also been instructed to use all available resources to reopen blocked tourist routes and restore disconnected roads.