Shelter Centre

Source: UNHCR Some of the families sheltering in Pakistan's Sukkur District after fleeing floods wish they had heeded warnings to leave their threatened homes earlier.

Source: AlertNet

Date: 31 Aug 2010
Source: International Organization for Migration

Source: IRIN "The food they give us is insufficient to fill me or my three children and much of the rice goes to my husband, as he is a man and needs more, leaving only a small plate to be shared between the other four members of the family," said Shamoona Bibi, at a camp for flood displaced people in Quetta, Balochistan Province.

Date: 27 Aug 2010
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

Source: UNHCR The number of people returning voluntarily to Afghanistan from Pakistan and Iran this year has exceeded 100,000. All but 5,000 of these are from Pakistan.

Date: 27 Aug 2010
Source: Reuters - AlertNet

Source: UNHCR The number of people returning voluntarily to Afghanistan from Pakistan and Iran so far this year has exceeded 100,000, almost twice as many as last year. Some 95,000 of these are from Pakistan. ...

Source: Reuters ISLAMABAD, Aug 27 (Reuters) - About one million more people have been displaced in Sindh over the last 48 hours as devastating floods continue to spread across south Pakistan, the United Nations said ...

Date: 27 Aug 2010
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

Source: Reuters * Chance of unrest if relief supplies slow * Taliban threat to aid workers? * More flooding possible By Robert Birsel SUKKUR, Pakistan, Aug 26 (Reuters) - Pakistan ordered fresh evacuations ...

Source: Reuters * Top U.S. aid official tours camp run by Islamist charity * Hopes for IMF assistance * Militant threat creeps into crisis (Adds quotes on LeT, U.S. embassy reaction, EU delegation) By ...

By Rezwan

Pakistan Flood Map. Image Courtesy US Department Of State Pakistan Flood Disaster Relief Page

The extent and impacts of the recent floods in Pakistan are huge in every context. The floods have so far claimed more than 1600 lives and about 20 million people, one tenth of Pakistan population, are suffering and have become homeless. An area of over 160,000 square kilometers - around a fifth of Pakistans total land - is submerged.

The flood victims desperately need food, shelter, medicine, money and other help. The Pakistan governments response to the crisis has been reported as sluggish. The government lacks infrastructure, money and other resources and the efficacy of National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has been marred by bureaucracy.

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Date: 23 Aug 2010
Source: Integrated Regional Information Networks

Source: Reuters * More tents and plastic sheets in the pipeline * NATO to provide ships and aircraft * Pakistani, IMF officials to meet next week By Zeeshan Haider ISLAMABAD, Aug 21 (Reuters) - More tents and ...

Oxfam GB - UK Flood water is fast approaching Dadu district in Sindh Province, Pakistan. Mubashar Hasan gives a startling eyewitness account.

Date: 17 Aug 2010
Source: International Organization for Migration

Source: Reuters * Floods destroy Afghan lives * Some say they have no choice but to return * Children in mud (Adds looting) By Augustine Anthony AZA KHEL, Pakistan, Aug 15 (Reuters) - Floods ravaged tens of ...

Source: Reuters * Floods destroy Afghan lives * Some say they have no choice but to return * Children in mud By Augustine Anthony AZA KHEL, Pakistan, Aug 15 (Reuters) - Floods ravaged tens of thousands of ...

Source: UNHCR In Pakistan, UNHCR is working to address protection and shelter needs among Afghan refugees, conflict-related displaced persons, and Pakistani communities ravaged by the on-going flooding crisis. ...