Pak Floods Aid

Pakistan's farmers are still counting their losses from the devastating floods that have put a third of the country under water, but the long-term impact is already clear.

Pakistan's Finance Minister Miftah Ismail said on Wednesday the government will consider importing goods from India after consulting its coalition partners and key stakeholders, as the cash-strapped nation seeks to stablise soaring food prices.

Pakistan Floods: At a charity clinic in a southern Pakistani village, dozens of people affected by relentless rains and floods crowd around the door waiting to talk to a volunteer doctor.

Pakistan Floods: The government is reportedly holding discussions on providing aid to Pakistan, where devastating floods have killed over 1,000 people and affected a population of nearly 3 crore.

Flooding in Pakistan from the highest rainfall in more than three decades has killed at least 1,000 people since June and caused more than $10 billion worth of damage.

When the governor of Punjab Province arrived recently in this small town with truckloads of relief goods for flood victims, his visit was as much a political mission as a humanitarian one. His message to the hundred or so displaced people gathered under an awning was that the government was there for them.The people say this was an act of God," the...

US President Barack Obama has signed an executive memorandum to provide $33 million for the refugees of Pakistan's worst floods that have claimed over 1,700 lives and affected 20 million people.With this the total US aid to Pakistan for flood relief work has crossed $230 million - the largest foreign donor to the flood-ravaged country.India has pro...

India on Tuesday announced additional $20 million assistance to Pakistan which is grappling with the worst floods in recent history of the region.The announcement by External Affairs Minister S M Krishna in the Lok Sabha comes in the wake of Pakistan's readiness to accept India's initial aid offer of $5 million which is to be routed through the Uni...

Thousands of people streamed back to this historic southern city Monday where new levees hastily built from clay and stone held back floodwaters that have inundated much of Pakistan.Thousands who fled the waters that inundated neighboring towns complained about the shortage of food and water as they camped in a vast Muslim graveyard on a hill near ...

It's Pakistan's worst floods in living history and the UN has only managed to raise one third of the amount meant for aid relief despite that Pakistan has been reluctant to take aid from India. (Read: Pak refuses to accept flood aid directly from India)And a week after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh spoke to his Pakistani counterpart Yusuf Raza Gila...

Government sources have told NDTV that Pakistan has refused to accept flood aid directly from India. Islamabad wants the aid routed through the United Nations. Government sources indicate that the $5 million in aid will be sent to the UN. The UN has said an estimated eight million people continued to be in need of humanitarian aid while nearly five...

The Taliban hinted they may launch attacks against foreigners helping Pakistan respond to the worst floods in the country's history, saying their presence was "unacceptable." The U.N. said it would not be deterred by violent threats. The militant group has attacked aid workers in the country before, and an outbreak of violence could complicate a r...

Hollywood star Angelina Jolie has contributed $100,000 (about Pakistani 8.5 million rupees) for flood ravaged Pakistan, a move that surpasses President Asif Ali Zardari's five million rupees donation and the help extended by most other politicians.Some leaders have refused to disclose their contribution to the relief effort and claimed that their d...

Pakistan government might have accepted the Indian offer for flood aid, but the people of Pakistan appeared sharply divided over the issue, with the critics saying that the acceptance came on a US call.Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, who was at the United Nations to attend an emergency session of the General Assembly on Pakistan's f...

The United Nations on Thursday urged governments and people around the world to open their wallets to help the 20 million Pakistani flood victims in desperate need of food, shelter and clean water, appearing to move closer to meeting its target of 460 million US dollars in immediate aid after various nations significantly upped their pledges.The ru...

Pakistan's farmers are still counting their losses from the devastating floods that have put a third of the country under water, but the long-term impact is already clear.

Pakistan's Finance Minister Miftah Ismail said on Wednesday the government will consider importing goods from India after consulting its coalition partners and key stakeholders, as the cash-strapped nation seeks to stablise soaring food prices.

Pakistan Floods: At a charity clinic in a southern Pakistani village, dozens of people affected by relentless rains and floods crowd around the door waiting to talk to a volunteer doctor.

Pakistan Floods: The government is reportedly holding discussions on providing aid to Pakistan, where devastating floods have killed over 1,000 people and affected a population of nearly 3 crore.

Flooding in Pakistan from the highest rainfall in more than three decades has killed at least 1,000 people since June and caused more than $10 billion worth of damage.

When the governor of Punjab Province arrived recently in this small town with truckloads of relief goods for flood victims, his visit was as much a political mission as a humanitarian one. His message to the hundred or so displaced people gathered under an awning was that the government was there for them.The people say this was an act of God," the...

US President Barack Obama has signed an executive memorandum to provide $33 million for the refugees of Pakistan's worst floods that have claimed over 1,700 lives and affected 20 million people.With this the total US aid to Pakistan for flood relief work has crossed $230 million - the largest foreign donor to the flood-ravaged country.India has pro...

India on Tuesday announced additional $20 million assistance to Pakistan which is grappling with the worst floods in recent history of the region.The announcement by External Affairs Minister S M Krishna in the Lok Sabha comes in the wake of Pakistan's readiness to accept India's initial aid offer of $5 million which is to be routed through the Uni...

Thousands of people streamed back to this historic southern city Monday where new levees hastily built from clay and stone held back floodwaters that have inundated much of Pakistan.Thousands who fled the waters that inundated neighboring towns complained about the shortage of food and water as they camped in a vast Muslim graveyard on a hill near ...

It's Pakistan's worst floods in living history and the UN has only managed to raise one third of the amount meant for aid relief despite that Pakistan has been reluctant to take aid from India. (Read: Pak refuses to accept flood aid directly from India)And a week after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh spoke to his Pakistani counterpart Yusuf Raza Gila...

Government sources have told NDTV that Pakistan has refused to accept flood aid directly from India. Islamabad wants the aid routed through the United Nations. Government sources indicate that the $5 million in aid will be sent to the UN. The UN has said an estimated eight million people continued to be in need of humanitarian aid while nearly five...

The Taliban hinted they may launch attacks against foreigners helping Pakistan respond to the worst floods in the country's history, saying their presence was "unacceptable." The U.N. said it would not be deterred by violent threats. The militant group has attacked aid workers in the country before, and an outbreak of violence could complicate a r...

Hollywood star Angelina Jolie has contributed $100,000 (about Pakistani 8.5 million rupees) for flood ravaged Pakistan, a move that surpasses President Asif Ali Zardari's five million rupees donation and the help extended by most other politicians.Some leaders have refused to disclose their contribution to the relief effort and claimed that their d...

Pakistan government might have accepted the Indian offer for flood aid, but the people of Pakistan appeared sharply divided over the issue, with the critics saying that the acceptance came on a US call.Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, who was at the United Nations to attend an emergency session of the General Assembly on Pakistan's f...

The United Nations on Thursday urged governments and people around the world to open their wallets to help the 20 million Pakistani flood victims in desperate need of food, shelter and clean water, appearing to move closer to meeting its target of 460 million US dollars in immediate aid after various nations significantly upped their pledges.The ru...