The “great mother”, as it has been affectionately known because of the fertility it has brought to the land, has now drowned hundreds and left millions homeless. Sindh is the worst-hit province in Pakistan, and some of the places we visited there have only been flooded in the last few days as the monsoon waters [ Read More ]
Qasim Berech, 30, is a public health expert with Oxfam in Pakistan. He travelled to Upper Swat on 16 August. People in Upper Swat Valley have been living in a nightmare since the floods began. They’ve been almost completely cut off from the rest of the country. For hundreds of thousands of people, helicopter drops [ Read More ]
KARACHI — Pakistan’s devastating floods have left 10 million people without shelter, the United Nations said Tuesday, as authorities rushed to bolster river defences to save two towns from catastrophe. “According to new estimates following the most recent flooding in Sindh… at least 10 million people are currently without shelter,” said Maurizio Giuliano, the Office [ Read More ]
