The massive floods which are raging through north-western Pakistan have now killed at least one-thousand-one-hundred people. Emergency workers are struggling to save thousands of others who're still trapped. The situation's being made worse by water-borne disease, with some of those in rescue camps suffering with fever and skin problems. The UN estimates that about one-and-a-half million people are affected by the country's worst monsoon rains in memory.

Updated on : Sun, 11 Dec 2011 10:31:08 +0000

Some heart wrenching moments of disaster caused by Flood'10 in Pakistan with special Dua by Amir LIaquat

Updated on : Sun, 16 Oct 2011 17:18:17 +0000

Three months ago, floods in devastated the country and the fallout is still being felt. As the scenes were seen around the world on Al Jazeera, our viewers were particularly affected by one report from correspondent Sohail Rahman. He went back to see if anything has changed in the town of Shangla

Updated on : Sat, 06 Aug 2011 01:51:15 +0000

UNICEF correspondent Priyanka Pruthi reports on children struggling to survive the battle against hunger and disease in Pakistan's flood-hit Sindh Province. For more information, please visit: www.unicef.org

Updated on : Tue, 22 Nov 2011 22:25:11 +0000

Three months ago the rivers across Pakistan burst their banks and flooded much of the country, leaving a lasting scar on millions of acres of the countries agricultural land. While the flood waters may have receded, hundreds of thousands of people are still living in camps and temporary housing in the affected areas. Al Jazeera's Sohail Rahman visited one camp in the Swat Valley run to see how refugees from the area are getting on with life.

Updated on : Sun, 31 Jul 2011 11:48:28 +0000

Pakistan floods 2010 - UN chief Ban Ki-moon, and Angela Jolie appeal - spsyed analysis. UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie has pledged her tried and tested support to help victims of Pakistan's super floods of the century. 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 up to 1600 people. 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. "I am here ... to urge the world community to speed up their assistance to the Pakistani people. We will try to mobilise all necessary assistance and remember that the whole world is behind the people of Pakistan in this time of trial," Ban Ki-moon said. He warned of a second wave of deaths unless flood victims receive ...

Updated on : Wed, 16 Nov 2011 18:56:40 +0000

Hundreds of the Pakistani crisis victims have been stranded in Multan train station at Muzaffar garh town of Punjab province, with no destination to go to. They were waiting for government rescue workers to arrive, but there was no response to their plight. Al Jazeera's Kamal Hayder reports from Multan train station.

Updated on : Thu, 16 Feb 2012 13:06:53 +0000

Pakistan IOM Director General William Lacy Swing on his visit to Pakistan speaks to local TV station Express 24/7, expressing solidarity with the millions affected by the floods and thanks relief workers for their tireless effort.

Updated on : Tue, 26 Jul 2011 05:48:31 +0000

Fresh floods hit Pakistan's Sindh province, forcing hundreds of thousands to flee from their homes, hampering relief efforts in an area already devastated by record-breaking rain. Floodwaters submerge dozens more towns and villages in the south as the Indus river breached its banks yet again, a sign that the worst is yet to come. Doctors have warned that stagnant water and unsanitary conditions could cause a disease pandemic. Al Jazeera's Imran Khan reports from a rural health centre in Sindh's Khanpur district, in southern Pakistan. [August, 21, 2010]

Updated on : Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:52:41 +0000

University of Houston Professor Ortega Youtube Project

Updated on : Sun, 15 Jan 2012 05:06:31 +0000

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