Peshawar, May 26 -- Fresh environmental disasters and repeated drowning incidents in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province have once again exposed deep administrative failures, poor disaster preparedness, and collapsing emergency infrastructure in the country's restive north-western region.

According to Dawn, firefighting operations in the mountainous Bar Charai Talash area of Lower Dir continued for a third consecutive day as authorities struggled to contain rapidly spreading wildfires. The report noted that strong winds, scorching temperatures, and inaccessible terrain severely hampered rescue efforts, while the absence of proper roads prevented fire vehicles from reaching affected areas.

As reported by Dawn, rescue workers, forest o...