Pakistan Floods: Pakistan's armed forces have rescued a further 2,000 people stranded by rising floodwaters, they said on Friday, in a disaster blamed on climate change that has swamped about a third of the south Asian nation and is still growing.
Pakistan floods: UNICEF said in the release that 33 million people- including approximately 16 million children- have been affected by this year s heavy monsoon rains in Pakistan, which have brought devastating rains, floods and landslides.
More than three million children are at risk in Pakistan following the devastating floods, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said in a statement on Wednesday.
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.
As Pakistan is facing deadly floods, the country's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday said the international community should not leave developing countries like Pakistan at the mercy of climate change.