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| A day in Pakistan | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Sep 21 2010, 02:32 PM (527 Views) | |
| shure | Sep 21 2010, 02:32 PM Post #1 |
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Flood 2010 in Pakistan Various villages Swept Away and Crops destroyed :Karāchi : Pakistan | Sep 21, 2010 In Pakistan year 2010 ever biggest floods forcing over 20 million people to flee their homes, the region has not seen such flood ferocity for nearly 80 years in which hundreds of villages have been swept away, crops on thousands of acres of land have been destroyed, various areas of Pakistan has been effected leaving behind only the remains of buildings and roads. Geneva: The United Nation and its agencies on Tuesday launched a fresh appeal for over USD 2 billion following the poor response to help millions of marooned victims from the worst floods in Pakistan. "This amount would only help around 14 million people out of 20 million victims during the next 12 months," said a spokesperson for the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Geneva. While OCHA launched the USD 2 billion appeal last Friday, it received only USD 434 million amounting to 21.7 per cent of fund. Clearly, this inadequate to address the health, food, and shelter-related problems faced by the hapless flood victims in Pakistan, the UN agency said. UNICEF says it would need millions of dollars to assist around 10 million children hit by floods. The humanitarian crisis in Pakistan is so massive that the actual scale continues to elude the imagination of the public across the world," a UNICEF official said. All indicators suggest that the floods in Pakistan have caused the worst humanitarian disaster as compared any other recent calamity in the world. "The Pakistan emergency exceeds the combined number of people affected by the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, the 2005 Kashmir earthquake on Pakistan?s border, and the 2010 Haiti earthquake," according to UNICEF. The are about 16 international agencies and 156 non-governmental organisations are working round the clock in Pakistan to address the poor victims suffering acute diarrhea (13 per cent of total consultations), acute respiratory infections (15 per cent) and skin diseases (18 per cent). "Pakistan's development prospects may be disrupted for many years," OCHA said, adding that the damage to the economic infrastructure and livelihoods is immense. While irrigation, drainage and storage facilities are badly damaged, farmers lost their crops and not able to plant their fields by November. The farmers would, therefore, need aid until well into 2012, said OCHA. Besides, shelter for victims is proving to be a difficult problem, said UNHCR, arguing that it has airlifted shelter supplies to the remote and high altitude area of Utror in northwest Pakistan or Swat region. The remote region has been virtually cut off since flash floods destroyed homes, roads and bridges in late July. The reluctance of the global community to respond to the UN's initial appeal has been attributed to concerns that the foreign governments have about corruption that may lead to misuse of the aid in Pakistan. In New York, Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi assured donor nations that the money sent for its flood victims will not be wasted, saying the aid would be "well spent" in a "transparent manner". "I want to assure the international community that every dollar being contributed will be well spent in a transparent manner and we have today in place an oversight mechanism, which is comprising of people with a lot of eminence and integrity," Qureshi said yesterday. India has made an immediate USD 25 million contribution to its rival neighbour as soon as the appeal was made on Friday. source: Reuters |
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| shure | Sep 21 2010, 02:33 PM Post #2 |
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Pakistan drone attacks kill scores At least three suspected US drone attacks in the Pakistani tribal region of South Waziristan kill more than 25 people. Last Modified: 21 Sep 2010 19:14 GMT ![]() Three strikes by US drones have killed at least 28 people in the tribal region in South Waziristan. Reporting for Al Jazeera from Islamabad, Kamal Hyder said that the first attack took place near Angor Adda along the Pakistan Afghan border. "We have reports that at least seven people, who were killed in that strike, were moved to another location in the Azam Warsak region, where a funeral was arranged and that funeral also came under attack," said Hyder. "This was the second strike." He said the US forces were apparently in "hot pursuit" of targets, and that there were also reports of a third strike that killed multiple people. Anti-drone rallies were recently held in North Waziristan, where drone attacks hit Newey Adda village in the Datta Khel area on September 12, killing at least four. source: aljazeera |
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| shure | Sep 21 2010, 02:37 PM Post #3 |
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28 children feared dead in Pakistan bus crash By the CNN Wire StaffSeptember 21, 2010 12:05 p.m. EDT (CNN) -- At least 28 children were feared killed when a school bus plunged into a river in northern Pakistan Tuesday, the official news agency said. The driver lost control of the bus carrying about 35 children and tumbled from an elevated road into the Jhelum River near the city of Muzaffarabad, police told the Associated Press of Pakistan (APP). Five children and the driver were injured in the crash. Divers have recovered 15 bodies so far as well as the wreckage of the van. Authorities were investigating the cause of the accident, the APP said. source: CNN |
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| shure | Sep 21 2010, 02:40 PM Post #4 |
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18 dead in political violence in Pakistan By the CNN Wire StaffSeptember 21, 2010 5:26 a.m. EDT (CNN) -- Eighteen people were killed in Karachi since Sunday in what police are calling politically motivated target killings. Twelve people were also wounded in the political infighting in the southern Pakistan city, Rafiq Gul, a Karachi police official said Tuesday. Police say the violence is connected to last week's killing of a prominent politician. Politician Imran Farooq of the Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) was killed Thursday in London, a spokesman for his party told CNN. The MQM, one of the largest parties in Pakistan, is part of President Asif Ali Zardari's ruling coalition. The killing has sparked violent clashes between the MQM and member of the Awami National Party (ANP), police said. For years, both parties have been engaged in bloody battles. source: CNN |
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