Pakistan has been 'doubly victimised' by…: What UN chief said
1 year, 11 months ago

Pakistan has been 'doubly victimised' by…: What UN chief said

Hindustan Times  

United Nations secretary general Antonio Guterres called for support for Pakistan in its rebuilding efforts following devastating floods in the country last year. UN Chief On Pakistan: United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres and Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif attend a summit. The UN chief also said that Pakistan has been "doubly victimised" by climate chaos and a global financial system which is not helping the country in financing and debt relief. Pakistan prime minister Shehbaz Sharif said that the country needs $8 billion from its international partners over the next three years to rebuild the country.

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In Pakistan, old hopefuls jostle to turn around struggling economy
10 months, 2 weeks ago

In Pakistan, old hopefuls jostle to turn around struggling economy

Al Jazeera  

Pakistani voters head to the polls on Thursday amid a deep-seated economic crisis. Inflation, which reached nearly 30 percent in December, has been climbing since the start of last year after Pakistan’s central bank agreed to liberalise its exchange rate as part of a pre-existing IMF programme. “This will lower Pakistan’s current account deficit as goods from abroad will become …

‘Pakistan’s economic model…’: World Bank warns as 95 mn fall below poverty line
1 year, 3 months ago

‘Pakistan’s economic model…’: World Bank warns as 95 mn fall below poverty line

Live Mint  

Pakistan's financial woes prompted an urgent warning from the World Bank on Friday as millions more fell below the poverty line. “Pakistan’s economic model is no longer reducing poverty, and the living standards have fallen behind peer countries,” said Tobias Haque – the World Bank’s lead country economist for Pakistan. According to the latest draft policy notes unveiled by the …

Pakistan: 95 million people living under poverty as living standards fall, reveals World Bank
1 year, 3 months ago

Pakistan: 95 million people living under poverty as living standards fall, reveals World Bank

India TV News  

The World Bank has revealed that poverty in the cash-strapped Pakistan has risen by 39.4% since the last fiscal year, pushing an additional 12.5 million people below the poverty line. In its draft policy notes prepared with the help of all stakeholders for Pakistan's next government, the World Bank said that an additional 12.5 million people have been pushed into …

Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif says China will save the country from bankruptcy
1 year, 6 months ago

Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif says China will save the country from bankruptcy

Op India  

On Friday, May 26, Shehbaz Sharif, Pakistan’s prime minister, stated that an agreement with the International Monetary Fund has not been reached, but that China’s backing will be critical in keeping the country from default. PM Sharif stated in his address to industrialists and businesses in Karachi that Pakistan has ‘successfully fulfilled all of the rigorous conditions imposed by the …

Crisis after Crisis: Political Instability, Failing Economy, Terrorism Haunt Pak Since Regime Change
1 year, 8 months ago

Crisis after Crisis: Political Instability, Failing Economy, Terrorism Haunt Pak Since Regime Change

News 18  

Following Imran Khan’s exit in 2022 via a no-confidence vote, Pakistan has been mired in several crises under the Shehbaz Sharif-led Pakistan Democratic Movement’s coalition government. Here are the main six crises that are haunting Pakistan: Political Crisis: When the PDM combine submitted the no-confidence motion against former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan, it triggered a political crisis. The protest …

The fall and fall of Pakistan
1 year, 9 months ago

The fall and fall of Pakistan

New Indian Express  

How it all came tumbling down 1958-68: General Ayub’s non-liberal policies of the capitalist model increases income inequality 1970s: During Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto’s reign, there was a recession in exports, the partition of East Pakistan, the floods of 1974 and locust attacks. His nationalisation policies became the major reason for the loss of industrial units and private investment 1998: Pakistan …

Pakistan may cap ISI's fund, shutter some foreign missions as economic crisis bites
1 year, 10 months ago

Pakistan may cap ISI's fund, shutter some foreign missions as economic crisis bites

India Today  

Pakistan, which is teetering on the brink of bankruptcy, is planning stringent austerity measures. Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif has issued instructions to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to slash the number of foreign missions abroad, and reduce their offices and staff to cut down expenditure by 15 per cent, Pakistan's Geo News reported on Wednesday. Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif …

Pakistan crisis: Can the country be saved from collapse?
1 year, 10 months ago

Pakistan crisis: Can the country be saved from collapse?

Firstpost  

Pakistan’s dire economic situation just keeps getting worse with reports of a double-whammy from the IMF and its forex reserves dropping even lower. On Thursday, Islamabad received a double whammy from the International Monetary Fund – which not only predicted a slowdown in the Gross Domestic Product from 3.5 per cent to two per cent for the current fiscal, but …

Pakistan economic crisis: Military, political leadership cut sorry figures as Islamabad drowns in debt
1 year, 10 months ago

Pakistan economic crisis: Military, political leadership cut sorry figures as Islamabad drowns in debt

Firstpost  

There is a very real possibility that Pakistan could fall, and fall badly. A mountain of debt – the figures Pakistan’s tumultuous history has seen it hovering on the brink of crisis several times, but this is the first time it’s slipping into possible default. Pakistan is already allotted Rs3.5-Rs3.9 trillion – i.e 4.5 per cent-5.0 per cent of GDP …

Pakistan staring at loan default, economic collapse
1 year, 10 months ago

Pakistan staring at loan default, economic collapse

Hindustan Times  

Pakistan’s media has taken external affairs minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar’s invite to his counterpart Bilawal Zardari for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization foreign ministers meeting in May as a sign of thaw with India post PM Shehbaz Sharif’s offer of dialogue with India, facts on ground are to the contrary. Even though the votaries of India-Pak dialogue and the conflict resolution industry …

\'Have learnt our lesson\': Pak PM Sharif calls for talks with India
1 year, 11 months ago

\'Have learnt our lesson\': Pak PM Sharif calls for talks with India

Deccan Chronicle  

Abu Dhabi: In an interview with an Arabic news channel, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said that Pakistan "learnt its lessons" from the wars it fought with India. Admitting the difficult financial and security position that Pakistan finds itself in, Mr Sharif said the wars caused "distress, poverty and unemployment" to its population. But as soon as its Prime Minister …

Neighbourhood Watch:
1 year, 11 months ago

Neighbourhood Watch:

ABP News  

The international community has ignored Pakistan’s appeal for financial support to help in uplifting its sinking economy, but promised generous aid to assist the government in the rehabilitation of millions of impoverished flood ravaged people. However, the international community, not to speak of Pakistan’s all-weather friend China and its Islamic brothers in the Gulf, has remained silent over Pakistani leaders’ …

World Bank cuts Pakistan’s GDP growth projection to 2 percent
1 year, 11 months ago

World Bank cuts Pakistan’s GDP growth projection to 2 percent

Al Jazeera  

Islamabad, Pakistan – Predicting a difficult year ahead for Pakistan, the World Bank has revised the country’s growth projections from 4 percent in June last year to 2 percent for the current fiscal year, citing “precarious economic situation, low foreign exchange reserves and large fiscal and current account deficits” among the primary reasons. The bank, in its Global Economic Prospects …

Pakistan get $9 billion in donation for flood recovery
1 year, 11 months ago

Pakistan get $9 billion in donation for flood recovery

India Today  

International donors on Monday committed over $9 billion to help Pakistan recover from ruinous floods last year, exceeding its external financing goals and paving the way for a new model on raising funds to fight climate disasters in poorer countries. Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres meet on the day of a summit on …

Donors offer over $9B for Pakistan after devastating floods
1 year, 11 months ago

Donors offer over $9B for Pakistan after devastating floods

Associated Press  

GENEVA — Dozens of countries and international institutions on Monday pledged more than $9 billion to help Pakistan recover and rebuild from devastating summer floods that the United Nations chief called “a climate disaster of monumental scale.” The flooding killed more than 1,700 people, destroyed more than 2 million homes, and covered as much as one-third of the country at …

Pakistan flood recovery needs 'massive' investment: UN
1 year, 11 months ago

Pakistan flood recovery needs 'massive' investment: UN

Firstpost  

Geneva: The UN chief called Monday for “massive investments” to help Pakistan recover from last year’s devastating floods and better resist climate change, as financial pledges poured in. “No country deserves to endure what happened to Pakistan,” UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told an international conference in Geneva, which is seeking billions of dollars to support recovery from the disaster. Loss …

UN gathering seeks aid for Pakistan after devastating floods
1 year, 11 months ago

UN gathering seeks aid for Pakistan after devastating floods

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The United Nations is hosting …

Donors pledge more than $9bn for Pakistan flood recovery
1 year, 11 months ago

Donors pledge more than $9bn for Pakistan flood recovery

Al Jazeera  

Pakistan official says donors at Geneva conference have committed more than $9bn to help it recover from devastating floods. Pakistan says donors at an international conference in Geneva have pledged to give more than $9bn to help it rebuild following last year’s devastating floods. Pakistan’s 4RF plan Islamabad says the Geneva conference is focused on two objectives: the “Resilient Recovery, …

Pakistan seeks help with $16 billion flood rebuilding at UN conference
1 year, 11 months ago

Pakistan seeks help with $16 billion flood rebuilding at UN conference

India Today  

Pakistan and the United Nations are holding a major conference in Geneva on Monday aimed at marshalling support to rebuild the country after devastating floods in what is expected to be a major test case for who pays for climate disasters. Islamabad, whose delegation is led by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, will present a recovery "framework" at the conference where …

Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif urges international community to help flood victims
1 year, 11 months ago

Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif urges international community to help flood victims

Firstpost  

Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said that the terrible rains and floods in the country last summer had killed 1,700 people. Shehbaz Sharif wrote an article for the Guardian newspaper in which he urged the global community to help Pakistan. No amount of pumps can remove this water in less than a year; and by July 2023, the …

Pakistan needs more than $16 billion for flood recovery: UN
1 year, 11 months ago

Pakistan needs more than $16 billion for flood recovery: UN

Firstpost  

In a bid to meet the towering needs, Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will host an international conference in Geneva next week Geneva: More than USD 16 billion is needed to help Pakistan recover from devastating floods that submerged a third of the country last year, and to better resist the impact of climate change, …

Economic woes, shifting ties complicate Pakistan’s flood recovery
2 years, 2 months ago

Economic woes, shifting ties complicate Pakistan’s flood recovery

Al Jazeera  

Islamabad, Pakistan – Pakistan has this week announced plans to host an international donors’ conference to help it recover from catastrophic floods that caused widespread devastation and major financial losses this summer. “When the 2010 floods came, Pakistan was a darling because of the ongoing War on Terror and donor fatigue was also considerably less,” said Ali Tauqeer Sheikh, an …

Pakistan: World Bank estimates floods caused $40B in damages
2 years, 2 months ago

Pakistan: World Bank estimates floods caused $40B in damages

Associated Press  

ISLAMABAD — Pakistan said Wednesday that the World Bank estimates this summer’s record-breaking floods have caused $40 billion in damages in this impoverished South Asian nation. The United Nations has revised its appeal for aid for Pakistan five-fold, to $816 million, from the initial $160 million, saying recent assessments about the damages caused by floods pointed to the urgent need …

Flood-hit Pakistan vows IMF reforms as damage estimated at over $16 bn
2 years, 2 months ago

Flood-hit Pakistan vows IMF reforms as damage estimated at over $16 bn

Firstpost  

Pakistan Finance Minister Ishaq Dar said that a flood donors’ conference promised by French President Emmanuel Macron would take place next month, which he hoped would help the nation both with immediate and longer-term needs Washington: Pakistan’s finance minister has promised international lenders to stay true to economic reforms despite a new estimate that his country quickly needs more than …

Calls for climate compensation grow after Pakistan's floods destroy homes, infrastructure
2 years, 2 months ago

Calls for climate compensation grow after Pakistan's floods destroy homes, infrastructure

ABC  

Every part of Rajul Noor's life has been wrecked by this summer's massive monsoon-driven floods in Pakistan. "Our whole world is underwater, and nobody has helped us," she says, speaking in the tent where she, her parents and four siblings now live, in the Dadu district of Pakistan's Sindh province. It's an idea that developed nations have repeatedly rejected, but …

Drive for climate compensation grows after Pakistan’s floods
2 years, 2 months ago

Drive for climate compensation grows after Pakistan’s floods

Associated Press  

DADU, Pakistan — Every part of Rajul Noor’s life has been wrecked by this summer’s massive monsoon-driven floods. But at COP26 in Glasgow last year, the United States and European Union members rejected demands for a fund to compensate poor countries for “loss and damage” -- destruction already wrought by climate change. Instead, they have spoken forcefully of rich countries’ …

Pakistan flood losses estimated at $40bn: Ex-finance minister
2 years, 2 months ago

Pakistan flood losses estimated at $40bn: Ex-finance minister

Al Jazeera  

Al Jazeera looks into the extent and cost of the recent floods that triggered humanitarian and financial crises. “I don’t think they are going to make good $30bn or $40bn that we have lost but I think there should be some measures of help, whether it is the international agencies to get greater loans for Pakistan, whether it is other …

UN: 5.7 million Pakistani flood victims to face food crisis
2 years, 2 months ago

UN: 5.7 million Pakistani flood victims to face food crisis

Associated Press  

ISLAMABAD — The United Nations humanitarian agency warned Monday that about 5.7 million Pakistani flood survivors will face a serious food crisis in the next three months. The latest development comes hours after Pakistan’s National Disaster Management Authority reported that floods fueled by abnormally heavy monsoon rains have killed 1,695 people, affected 33 million, damaged more than 2 million homes …

Pakistan floods’ death toll nears 1,700, puts pressure on fragile economy
2 years, 2 months ago

Pakistan floods’ death toll nears 1,700, puts pressure on fragile economy

The Hindu  

The death toll from the cataclysmic floods in Pakistan neared 1,700, officials said on Saturday, a disaster that has displaced over 33 million and caused economic damages to the tune of $40 billion, fanning fears that the cash-strapped country may not be able to meet its debt obligations. Record monsoon rains and melting glaciers in northern mountains submerged nearly one-third …

Washington announces more aid for flood-ravaged Pakistan
2 years, 2 months ago

Washington announces more aid for flood-ravaged Pakistan

Associated Press  

ISLAMABAD — The United States has boosted assistance to Pakistan’s flood relief efforts, announcing $10 million in aid, in addition to Washington’s already announced financial assistance of $56.1 million, Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry said Tuesday. The ministry statement followed a meeting on Monday between Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Washington. According to the …

U.S. provided $56.5 million in aid to Pakistan for flood relief, humanitarian assistance
2 years, 2 months ago

U.S. provided $56.5 million in aid to Pakistan for flood relief, humanitarian assistance

The Hindu  

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Pakistani Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari at the State Department on Monday and said that America had provided $56.5 million in aid to Pakistan for flood relief and humanitarian assistance this year. "Mr. Blinken reaffirmed the U.S. commitment to the people of Pakistan, noting the nearly $56.5 million in flood relief and …

World Bank pledges $2 billion for flood-ravaged Pakistan
2 years, 2 months ago

World Bank pledges $2 billion for flood-ravaged Pakistan

Associated Press  

ISLAMABAD — The World Bank said it will provide about $2 billion in aid to Pakistan, ravaged by floods that have killed more than 1,600 people this year, the largest pledge of assistance so far. “As an immediate response, we are repurposing funds from existing World Bank-financed projects to support urgent needs in health, food, shelter, rehabilitation and cash transfers,” …

Pakistan PM decries climate carnage: ‘Did not contribute to this’
2 years, 3 months ago

Pakistan PM decries climate carnage: ‘Did not contribute to this’

Al Jazeera  

Like many nations in the Global South facing the wrath of climate change, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif noted Pakistan had little responsibility for it. Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has appealed for global support to face the consequences of the climate catastrophe that ravaged his South Asian nation. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who visited flood-ravaged Pakistan earlier this month, said …

Pakistan PM thanks Biden for UN speech urging world for flood aid
2 years, 3 months ago

Pakistan PM thanks Biden for UN speech urging world for flood aid

Al Jazeera  

In his speech at the United Nations General Assembly, the US president said ‘much of Pakistan is under water … and needs help’. In his speech at the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday, Biden said “much of Pakistan is under water … and needs help”. In his opening remarks at the UNGA on Tuesday, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who …

Pakistan won’t default on debts despite historic floods: Minister
2 years, 3 months ago

Pakistan won’t default on debts despite historic floods: Minister

Al Jazeera  

Finance minister Miftah Ismail says a $1bn payment in international bonds will ‘absolutely’ be met in December. Pakistan will “absolutely not” default on debt obligations despite catastrophic floods, the finance minister says, signalling there would be no major deviation from reforms designed to stabilise a struggling economy. But in terms of servicing our external and local debt, and being micro- …

Pakistan needs massive 'financial support' for recovery from floods: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres
2 years, 3 months ago

Pakistan needs massive 'financial support' for recovery from floods: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres

India TV News  

Highlights Pakistan need financial support for relief: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres Guterres said that floods estimated to have caused USD 30 billion of damage in Pakistan The remarks of UN Secy-Gen came after he attended a briefing at NFRCC along with PM Sharif Pakistan FLOODS : United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday said that Pakistan needed "massive" financial …

UN chief asks world for ‘massive’ help in flood-hit Pakistan
2 years, 3 months ago

UN chief asks world for ‘massive’ help in flood-hit Pakistan

Associated Press  

ISLAMABAD — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Friday that the world owes impoverished Pakistan “massive” help in recovering from the summer’s devastating floods because the country bears less blame than many other nations for climate change, which experts say contributed to the deluge. Today in Pakistan, tomorrow in any of your countries.” The U.N. chief’s trip comes less than two …

Pakistan Economy is Drowning But Not Because of Floods - News18
2 years, 3 months ago

Pakistan Economy is Drowning But Not Because of Floods - News18

News 18  

On 29 August 2022, the International Monetary Fund executive board gave its nod for restoring the Enhanced Fund Facility for Pakistan. Worse, the IMF programme has at best given a breather and isn’t a panacea for the deep structural problems that have made the Pakistan economy unsustainable, even unviable. If hostility with India has forced ruinous defence spending on Pakistan, …

In Pak, UN chief's appeal to world on climate change: 'Let’s stop sleepwalking'
2 years, 3 months ago

In Pak, UN chief's appeal to world on climate change: 'Let’s stop sleepwalking'

Hindustan Times  

UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres appealed to the world to help Pakistan as he arrived Friday to assess damage from record floods that have killed over 1,300 people and left over half a million others homeless and displaced. "Let's stop sleepwalking toward the destruction of our planet by climate change. Heavy rains and floods - which experts attribute to climate change …

UN chief visits flood-hit Pakistan, appeals for ‘massive’ help
2 years, 3 months ago

UN chief visits flood-hit Pakistan, appeals for ‘massive’ help

Al Jazeera  

Antonio Guterres makes the appeal as record floods kill nearly 1,400 people and render more than one million homeless. Islamabad, Pakistan – United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appealed for “massive” global support for Pakistan where unprecedented floods have killed nearly 1,400 people and made more than a million people homeless. “I call on the international community that Pakistan needs …

Pakistan looks like a sea: Shehbaz Sharif's emotional appeal amid record floods
2 years, 3 months ago

Pakistan looks like a sea: Shehbaz Sharif's emotional appeal amid record floods

Hindustan Times  

Parts of Pakistan seemed "like a sea", Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Wednesday, after visiting some of the flood-hit areas that cover as much as a third of the South Asian nation, where 18 more deaths took the toll from days of rain to 1,343. The government, which has boosted cash handouts for flood victims to 70 billion Pakistani …

Pakistan floods: Aid pours in amid massive devastation, deaths cross 1,200 mark
2 years, 3 months ago

Pakistan floods: Aid pours in amid massive devastation, deaths cross 1,200 mark

Hindustan Times  

Planes carrying fresh supplies are surging across a humanitarian air bridge to flood-ravaged Pakistan as the death toll surged past 1,200, officials said Friday, with families and children at special risk of disease and homelessness. Two more planes from UAE and Qatar with aid will arrive in Pakistan later Friday, and a Turkish train carrying relief goods for flood victims …

Pakistan floods: Southern areas on high alert amid fears of Indus river swelling
2 years, 3 months ago

Pakistan floods: Southern areas on high alert amid fears of Indus river swelling

Hindustan Times  

Pakistan's southern provinces are bracing for more floods with a third of the country still inundated after record monsoon rains. TOPSHOT - This aerial photograph taken on Thursday shows a flooded residential area after heavy monsoon rains in Dadu district of Sindh province in Pakistan. "We're on high alert as water arriving downstream from northern flooding is expected to enter …

'Let's stop sleepwalking': UN chief's warning on Pak floods, climate change
2 years, 3 months ago

'Let's stop sleepwalking': UN chief's warning on Pak floods, climate change

Hindustan Times  

South Asia is one of the world’s top climate crisis hotspots, António Guterres, the chief of the United Nations, said on Tuesday as he expressed concern over the floods in Pakistan, which have killed over 1,000 people since June. Millions have been affected in the country, where, according to the UN chief, “every province” has been hit. TOPSHOT - Stranded …

UN seeks $160 million in emergency aid for Pakistan floods
2 years, 3 months ago

UN seeks $160 million in emergency aid for Pakistan floods

Associated Press  

ISLAMABAD — The United Nations and Pakistan issued an appeal Tuesday for $160 million in emergency funding to help millions affected by record-breaking floods that have killed more than 1,160 people since mid-June. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Pakistan’s flooding, caused by weeks of unprecedented monsoon rains, were a signal to the world to step up action against climate change. …

‘A monsoon on steroids’: UN chief appeals for global aid for Pakistan
2 years, 3 months ago

‘A monsoon on steroids’: UN chief appeals for global aid for Pakistan

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Pakistan has been struck by a “monsoon on steroids” that has killed more than 1,000 …

Pakistan flooding latest news: Death toll crosses 1,100 as disaster could ‘cost $10bn’
2 years, 3 months ago

Pakistan flooding latest news: Death toll crosses 1,100 as disaster could ‘cost $10bn’

The Independent  

✕ Close Pakistan flooding death toll passes 1,000 in ‘climate catastrophe’ Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy More than 1,100 people …

PHOTOS: A third of Pakistan is under water in catastrophic floods
2 years, 3 months ago

PHOTOS: A third of Pakistan is under water in catastrophic floods

NPR  

PHOTOS: A third of Pakistan is under water in catastrophic floods Enlarge this image toggle caption Fida Hussain/AFP via Getty Images Fida Hussain/AFP via Getty Images One-third of Pakistan is inundated, as floods sweep through the country this summer. "The Pakistani people are facing a monsoon on steroids — the relentless impact of epochal levels of rain and flooding," said …

US announces $30 million in support for Pakistan to deal with floods
2 years, 3 months ago

US announces $30 million in support for Pakistan to deal with floods

India TV News  

Highlights US on Tuesday announced USD 30 million to help cash-starved Pakistan The devastating floods caused by record monsoon rains have displaced more than 33 million US embassy in Islamabad said Pakistan’s government has declared the floods a national emergency The US on Tuesday announced USD 30 million to help cash-starved Pakistan and people affected by severe rains and flooding …

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