Tag: Pakistan
Pakistan stuck under water – left until Christmas
Published: Less than 10 min ago Salvaged items are carried from destroyed homes in Dadu, Sindh province, Pakistan on September 9. 1 of 4Photo: Fareed Khan/AP/TT Places that once housed…
In Kenya, the death of Pakistani journalist Ashrad Sharif raises questions
After the death on Sunday evening of a famous Pakistani journalist, shot dead by the police some forty kilometers from Nairobi, Amnesty International is calling for an independent investigation, while…
Disease crisis threatens flooded Pakistan
Published: Just now full screen After the floods in Pakistan, a second wave of disaster threatens: the spread of infection and disease in the waterlogged country. Photo: Pervez Masih/AP/TT The…
New wave of Pakistan flood disaster – malaria and diarrhea spread as people use flood waters for drinking and bathing
There is a shortage of clean drinking water in Pakistan’s floodplains. Floodwaters cool in the heat, but parasitic diseases also nest in them. Pakistan’s floods have passed their peak, but…
Water bodies recede in flooded Pakistan
Published: Just now full screenMany who have been made homeless by floods live in temporary camps. Photo: Arshad Butt/AP/TT Bodies of water in the affected Sindh province of Pakistan are…
Water bodies recede in flooded Pakistan
These are good signs for the hard-hit population, where hundreds of thousands of residents have been left homeless in the province in southeastern Pakistan of about 48 million. So far,…
Floods in Pakistan: is climate change solely responsible?
More than 1,300 dead, 1.7 million homes destroyed and huge economic losses. Pakistan was devastated during the month of August by unprecedented floods whose provisional cost of the disaster would…
Appeal to the world: Help Pakistan
Published: Less than 20 min ago full screen Temporary tent housing in the Larkana area of Pakistan. Around 600,000 people have become homeless as a result of the weather disaster…
Appeal to the world: Help Pakistan
“I have arrived in Pakistan to express my great solidarity with the Pakistani people after the devastating floods. I appeal to the international community for a great deal of support…
Sind, a province in flood hell
Sindh province in southern Pakistan is one of the most affected by the floods that have hit Pakistan since mid-June. In question, exceptional monsoon rains and rivers in flood after…