Testing- Mass evacuations in eastern Pakistan as India releases water from swollen rivers

LAHORE, Pakistan: Pakistan has evacuated tens of thousands of people to safer areas after neighbouring India released water from overflowing dams and swollen rivers into low-lying border regions, officials said on Tuesday (Aug 26).

The move came a day after New Delhi alerted Islamabad about possible cross-border flooding, marking the first public diplomatic contact between the two nuclear-armed rivals in months.