Pak Floods

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  Pakistan Floods: 800 Killed, 7,000 Homes Damaged Due To Poor Planning

  Floodwaters gushing through mountain villages, cities rendered swamps, mourners gathered at fresh graves -- as Pakistan's monsoon season once again delivers scenes of calamity, it also lays bare woeful preparedness.

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  Over 320 Killed In Flash Floods In Pakistan, Rescue Ops Underway

  Rescuers were struggling to retrieve bodies from debris after flash floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains across northern Pakistan killed at least 321 people in the past 48 hours.

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  "We Have Gone Back 50 Years": Pakistan Farmers On Flood Damage

  Pakistan's farmers are still counting their losses from the devastating floods that have put a third of the country under water, but the long-term impact is already clear.

• Pakistan: 1 lakh more displaced by lake burst, says UN

  Some 100,000 more people have been displaced after a lake burst in southern Pakistan where massive floods have already affected millions of people, a UN spokesman said on Tuesday.The Manchar lake in southern Sindh province overflowed on Friday, forcing people living in the area to seek refuge elsewhere, UN spokesman Maurizio Giuliano told reporters...

• Angelina Jolie in Pakistan to raise funds for flood relief

  Angelina Jolie who had donated US $1 million to relief efforts in flood ravaged Pakistan, arrived in the country to provide some hands-on help.

• Angelina Jolie in Pak to raise funds for flood relief

  Hollywood superstar Angelina Jolie who had earlier donated US $1 million to relief efforts in flood ravaged Pakistan, arrived in the country on Tuesday to provide some hands-on help.The Academy award winning actress jetted to Pakistan on a mercy mission for the millions left homeless because of the floods.The United Nations High Commission for Refu...

• Floods in Pakistan carry the seeds of upheaval

  When the governor of Punjab Province arrived recently in this small town with truckloads of relief goods for flood victims, his visit was as much a political mission as a humanitarian one. His message to the hundred or so displaced people gathered under an awning was that the government was there for them.The people say this was an act of God," the...

• Obama announces $33 million aid for Pak flood

  US President Barack Obama has signed an executive memorandum to provide $33 million for the refugees of Pakistan's worst floods that have claimed over 1,700 lives and affected 20 million people.With this the total US aid to Pakistan for flood relief work has crossed $230 million - the largest foreign donor to the flood-ravaged country.India has pro...

• Pakistan floods: India increases aid to $25 mn

  India on Tuesday announced additional $20 million assistance to Pakistan which is grappling with the worst floods in recent history of the region.The announcement by External Affairs Minister S M Krishna in the Lok Sabha comes in the wake of Pakistan's readiness to accept India's initial aid offer of $5 million which is to be routed through the Uni...

• Thatta in south Pakistan saved from floods although aid distribution a major concern

  Thousands of people streamed back to this historic southern city Monday where new levees hastily built from clay and stone held back floodwaters that have inundated much of Pakistan.Thousands who fled the waters that inundated neighboring towns complained about the shortage of food and water as they camped in a vast Muslim graveyard on a hill near ...

• India to route Pak aid through UN

  It's Pakistan's worst floods in living history and the UN has only managed to raise one third of the amount meant for aid relief despite that Pakistan has been reluctant to take aid from India. (Read: Pak refuses to accept flood aid directly from India)And a week after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh spoke to his Pakistani counterpart Yusuf Raza Gila...

• Pakistanis scramble to stay ahead of floodwaters

  This town had already been evacuated because of the threat of flooding, but it filled up again on Saturday with tens of thousands of people fleeing floodwaters that had inundated surrounding districts and villages after the Indus River broke its embankments in several places. Families camped in front of the courthouse, in a park, in an ancient ceme...

• Pak refuses to accept flood aid directly from India

  Government sources have told NDTV that Pakistan has refused to accept flood aid directly from India. Islamabad wants the aid routed through the United Nations. Government sources indicate that the $5 million in aid will be sent to the UN. The UN has said an estimated eight million people continued to be in need of humanitarian aid while nearly five...

• Pakistani Taliban hint at attacks on aid workers

  The Taliban hinted they may launch attacks against foreigners helping Pakistan respond to the worst floods in the country's history, saying their presence was "unacceptable." The U.N. said it would not be deterred by violent threats. The militant group has attacked aid workers in the country before, and an outbreak of violence could complicate a r...

• Jolie donates more for Pak floods than Zardari

  Angelina Jolie has contributed $100,000 for flood ravaged Pakistan, a move that surpasses President Zardari's Rs.5 million donation.