Pakistan floods: More than a million homes have been either damaged or destroyed by floods and heavy rains, and nearly 7,35,000 livestock have perished. Sindh province, said to be the granary of Pakistan, is staring at a bleak future with all its crops washed away in floods.
Pakistan s rain-triggered flash floods have inundated one-third of the country and destroyed farmlands, causing a threat of shortages of vegetables and fruits along with uneven price hikes of some essential commodities.
Islamabad, Aug 31: 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 triggered by flash floods that have wrought havoc across the country. The idea to import edible goods from India was first floated by the finance minister on Monday, when the country’s death toll crossed 1,100 and hundreds of thousands of people were displaced, […]