Throughout Pakistan, people are bracing themselves for the monsoon rains which caused devastating floods last year. Huge swathes of agricultural land and crops were ruined; placing rural families deeper into poverty. In some parts of Upper Sindh, areas have already been flooded and families have lost their crops for a second time. Oxfam is calling on the government to introduce comprehensive land reforms, especially for women, as part of a wider recovery and reconstruction plan, and to prevent families from being pushed further back into a spiral of poverty. - June 2011 -

Updated on : Mon, 12 Sep 2011 13:35:23 +0000

A documentary which revisits Pakistan after the 2005 earthquake and 2010 floods that devastated large parts of the country and claimed countless lives and livelihoods. This film follows the work a UK-based charity in their quest to help restore hope to victims of the disaster. Written, presented and produced by journalist Nina Arif.

Updated on : Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:42:44 +0000

timesofearth.com - Reports suggest help has so far been slow to arrive, with criticism rising of the pace of the government response. ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN -- The worst floods in memory in Pakistan have affected more than three million people so far and the death toll has climbed to over 1500, the UN Children's Fund (Unicef) has said. Amid forecasts of more heavy monsoon rains, authorities on Tuesday said they expected the death toll to rise further. The Swat valley, which has yet to recover from a major Pakistani army offensive against Taliban fighters just over a year ago, is one of the areas worst affected by the floods. Large parts of the valley's upper regions, reached by a riverside road, are inaccessible. Scores of bridges, roads and building have been washed away by the torrents. Swat is in northwestern Pakistan, hit the hardest by the floods which submerged extensive areas, brought down bridges and swept away entire villages. Martin Mogwanja, the Unicef representative in Pakistan, told AFP news agency that the number of people affected continues to increase as the floods spread to the south of the country. "This massive amount of water is moving downstream through the Punjab and Baluchistan provinces, and also moving through the Sindh province, where embankments have been broken and water is moving into to low-lying areas," Mogwanja said. Other relief agencies such as the World Health Organisation said they were rushing in medical kits to affected areas to deal ...

Updated on : Sun, 11 Sep 2011 19:33:55 +0000

Musicians Salman Ahmad and Peter Gabriel discuss their efforts to keep the world's attention focused on Pakistan's flood victims.

Updated on : Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:35:15 +0000

Pakistani military helicopters have been helping rescue thousands of residents stranded by floods in the country's northwest, enduring its worst inundation since 1929.

Updated on : Tue, 19 Jul 2011 21:36:15 +0000

PAKISTAN: FLOOD AFTERMATH : With many villages still under several feet of flood water the disaster continues to affect the local population. PAKISTAN GV People up to their waists in water in Punjab flooded street Attara MS Petrol pumps engulfed in flood water Hazari PULL OUT to people standing in water (Phon) MS Buildings under water GV Ditto CMS Pakistan flag on wrecked building PULL OUT TLMS People up to their waists in flood water LAMS Family on roof of house LMS Man sailing along on giant cooking pan ZOOM IN TMS Men wading through water LMS Man at house TMS Men intvwd SOF - We will face this situation CMS Austin i/c SOF MS Armed policeman along on boat LMS Man wading through water carying table NIGHT LAMS Palm trees growing through flood water at sunset CMS Children TILT UP to woman holding baby. Date: 16/09/1992

Updated on : Thu, 03 Nov 2011 08:52:00 +0000

Muslims all over the world are preparing to mark the Eid al-Fitr holiday. But for Pakistan's flood victims, the situation remains bleak. Twenty-one million people have been affected, and 10 million remain without shelters.Duration: 02:14

Updated on : Thu, 15 Dec 2011 01:48:02 +0000

Pictures of the disastrous flood in Pakistan which has affected more than 20 million people in three of the five Provinces in Pakistan. Millions of people remain helpless, shelter less, with no access to food, drinking water and medicines. With loses estimated to be well over the earthquake in 2005 and the Tsunami, this flood is the worst flood in the history of Pakistan. Relief efforts are going on but the scale of the disaster appears to be overwhelming and beyond the capabilities of the Government. Much needs to be done right now and in the months and years to come. PLEASE DONATE

Updated on : Mon, 19 Sep 2011 19:59:26 +0000

Pakistan floods - Angelina Jolie appeal. UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie has pledged her support to help victims of Pakistan's super floods of the century. It is worse than the entire population hit by the Indian Ocean tsunami, the Kashmir earthquake, Cyclone Nargis and the earthquake in Haiti, combined. The massive challenge was too huge for any government or party to undertake on its own. Some 12 per cent of the population, over 20 million people, have been affected by one of the worst catastrophes in Pakistan's history. More than eight million need food, shelter and water. The distribution of aid cannot keep pace with the sheer scale of the massive disaster. The super floods, triggered by torrential monsoon rains in July-August 2010, engulfed Pakistan's Indus river basin, killing over 3000 people. The floods of the century have ravaged Pakistan. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visited Pakistan to assess the clossal damage caused by the devastating super floods. He met the country's politicians to discuss the country's worst floods in decades as popular anger mounts over the government's failure to tackle the crisis. Ban urged the international community to speed up its assistance to Pakistan. He spoke on the urgent need of over 20 million people affected by the super floods. While the severity of the needs of the Pakistan floods victims has not yet been fully assessed, the number is greater than those who were affected by the 2005 South Asia tsunami (5 ...

Updated on : Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:18:32 +0000

In late summer 2010 monsoon rains left 1/5th of Pakistan under water, directly affecting 20 million people and leaving 10 million people in need of food aid. See how Canadian Foodgrains Bank responded.

Updated on : Sun, 04 Dec 2011 00:12:47 +0000

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