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Pakistan Flooding

Pakistan Flooding

The death toll from monsoon flooding in north-west Pakistan has passed 1,000 people, local officials say, as relief efforts are stepped up. Ref. BBC

Flooding Pakistan

Global Warming and the Pakistani Flood:

It's impossible to look at the images coming out of Pakistan and not shake your head at the brutality of Mother Nature. But is it Mother Nature's fault-or our own? Ref. Source 7

Pakistan Flooding History & Civil Business Politics

UN Humanitarian Chief John Holmes: The Magnitude of the Pakistan Floods Is Unprecedented

The United Nations is warning millions of Pakistanis are at risk of deadly waterborne diseases more than two weeks since Pakistan's worst-ever flooding began. The World Health Organization says around six million people-over half of them children-face the threat of cholera and dysentery, as well as typhoid and hepatitis. The flooding has killed over 1,600 people and displaced 20 million-nearly 12 percent of Pakistan's population. We speak to UN Humanitarian Chief John Holmes and Pakistani analyst Mosharraf Zaidi. Ref. Source 9

Flooding Pakistan

One-fifth of Pakistan under water as flooding disaster continues:

United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon said Sunday from Pakistan that the flood disaster is the worst he's ever seen, characterizing the destruction as more dire than that caused by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami and the 2005 Pakistani earthquake. Ref. Source 3

Flooding Pakistan

'Death toll in Pakistan floods to rise':

Pakistani officials warn of a significant increase in the death toll from the heavy flooding in the worst affected areas which currently stands at 1,600. Ref. Source 8

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One million flee south Pakistan:

As many as one million people have been displaced in Pakistan's Sindh province since Wednesday, as the country's devastating floods sweep southward. Ref. Source 1

Pakistan Flooding

Some Pakistani villages flooded intentionally, claims UN:

Wealthy landowners in Pakistan have allegedly diverted waters from the country's devastating floods away from their own properties and into villages, the country's UN ambassador said on Thursday. Ref. Source 9

Pakistan Flooding

"This Is the Worst Catastrophe to Hit Any State Since Biblical Times"-Just Back from Pakistan, Feryal Ali Gauhar Describes the Suffering from the Flood

It's been over a month since the floods began in Pakistan. Although the water has receded in many areas, there are still towns and villages that remain submerged. Some 21 million people have been displaced from their homes, and many have been forced to live outside their villages in camps or alone on roadsides. We speak with Pakistani actress, filmmaker, writer and human rights activist, Feryal Ali Gauhar. Ref. Source 6

Pakistan Flooding Politics Business Civil & History

Fatima Bhutto on the Floods in Pakistan, the Government Response and Her Memoir, Songs of Blood and Sword

As Pakistan struggles to recover from one of the worst natural disasters in its history, President Asif Ali Zardari is coming under criticism for his handling of the crisis. We speak with Pakistani writer and poet, Fatima Bhutto. She is the niece of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto. Her father, Murtaza Bhutto, was killed in 1996 in Karachi. She has written a memoir about her family called Songs of Blood and Sword: A Daughter's Memoir. Ref. Source 4