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    More than 800 dead in Pakistani floods



    NOWSHERA, Pakistan – Flooding in Pakistan has killed more than 800 people in a week, a government official said Saturday as rescuers struggled to reach marooned victims and some evacuees showed signs of fever, diarrhea and other waterborne diseases.
    The flooding caused by record-breaking rainfalls caused massive destruction in the past week, especially in the northwest province, where officials said it was the worst deluge since 1929. The U.N. estimated Saturday that some 1 million people nationwide were affected by the disaster, though it didn't specify exactly what that meant.
    The information minister for the northwest province, Mian Iftikhar Hussain, said reports coming in from various districts across the northwest showed that more than 800 people had died due to the flooding. Many people remain missing.
    [COLOR=#366388 ! important][COLOR=#366388 ! important]Floodwaters[/COLOR][/COLOR] were believed to be receding in some sections, but it was difficult to get a complete picture.
    In the Nowshera area, scores of men, women and children sat on roofs in hopes of air or boat rescues.
    "There are very bad conditions," said Amjad Ali, a rescue worker in the area. "They have no water, no food."
    A doctor treating evacuees at a small relief camp in Nowshera said some had diarrhea and others had marks appearing on their skin, causing itching. Children and the elderly seemed to have the most problems, Mehmood Jaa said.
    "Due to the floodwater, they now have pain in their bodies and they are suffering from fever and cough," Jaa told The Associated Press.
    Rescuers were using army helicopters, heavy trucks and boats to try reaching flood-hit areas, the U.N. said. It reported that thousands of [COLOR=#366388 ! important][COLOR=#366388 ! important]homes [COLOR=#366388 ! important]and [/COLOR][COLOR=#366388 ! important]roads[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR] were destroyed, and at least 45 bridges across the northwest were damaged.
    The destruction is slowing the rescue effort, said Luther Rehman, a government official in Khyber-Pakhtoonkhwa, the northwest province.
    "Our priority is to transport flood-affected people to safer places. We are carrying out this rescue operation despite limited resources," he said, adding they needed more [COLOR=#366388 ! important][COLOR=#366388 ! important]helicopters [COLOR=#366388 ! important]and [/COLOR][COLOR=#366388 ! important]boats[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR].
    The flooding capped an already deadly week in Pakistan. A passenger jet slammed into hills overlooking Islamabad killing all 152 people on board Wednesday, and bad weather is suspected to have played a role.
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    Khan contributed to this report from Peshawar.
    Official: More than 800 dead in Pakistani floods - Yahoo! News
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  • #2
    As if we we were not having enough problems....This is the worst in many cases: millions of people are affected; thousands of houses are destroyed; famlands and crops are heavily damaged; shortage of clean water and food everywhere; and huge damage to the infrastruture (I heard many hotels in Swat are damaged).I dread gastroenteritis outbreaks. Thanks to our traditions, we can help people without considering them as burden during these tough times.
    I heard USA is sending us humanatarian aid..Long live the USA!
    "O Pakhtuns!, Your house has fallen into ruin, let us rebuild it".
    "I want to see my people educated and enlightened. A people with a vision and a strong sense of justice, who can carve out a future for themselves in harmony with nature".

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    • #3
      Pakistan media continues to under-report the story and cares more about those who died in a plane crash. It goes to show how even the media discriminates against Pashtuns in KP. Punjabi's like to tell Pashtuns how they are just as much a part of Pakistan as them, but even in their electronic media they choose the death of upper class Punjabi's and bury the story of HUNDREDS of pashtuns families, homes and villages that have been washed away.

      While full page reports have been dedicated to the plane crash, the flood reports are on the front page but do not receive the same level of "analysis" that the plane crash does. I know it seems insensitive to compare the effects and the coverage of horrific and downright terrible events, but the reality is that the urban-rural divide, the socio-economic divide, the ethnic-divide and the provincial divide play a big factor in coverage besides the media value attached to events.

      The most horrific thing is that none of the newspapers could even give an Editorial importance to the floods that seem to have killed nearly 800 by now and counting...






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      • #4
        Originally posted by gulalai View Post
        As if we we were not having enough problems....This is the worst in many cases: millions of people are affected; thousands of houses are destroyed; famlands and crops are heavily damaged; shortage of clean water and food everywhere; and huge damage to the infrastruture (I heard many hotels in Swat are damaged).I dread gastroenteritis outbreaks. Thanks to our traditions, we can help people without considering them as burden during these tough times.
        I heard USA is sending us humanatarian aid..Long live the USA!
        yeah its always USA..not Pak Goverment.

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        • #5
          KhyberKhan
          Please look at the dates on the newspapers you posted. I don't live in Pakistan nor am I from there but I have heard many saying the media was not giving the flooding enough attention earlier this week so I totally believe you about media bias but the two newspapers you pointed out both have the floods on their front pages today.



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          • #6
            Even if I ignore the fact that less media coverage has been given to our present disastrous situation, there are many reasons for me to appreciate the USA's intention of helping us in this situation.
            Pak Govt claims us as one of it's province but the responsibility and sensitivity that it has exhibited towards us in these tough times is really unsatisfactory. People are still stranded in flood water and they have not been located to secure places. Furthermore, the media is just busy doing anti-ANP campaign by bringing different Hindko-speaking speakers on TV. All our wealth has been stolen by the Pakistani govt.It is high time they should return to us so that we help our people in building houses and other damaged infrastructure or else allow me to appreciate the holiest nation of USA.
            Originally posted by Shao Khan View Post
            yeah its always USA..not Pak Goverment.
            "O Pakhtuns!, Your house has fallen into ruin, let us rebuild it".
            "I want to see my people educated and enlightened. A people with a vision and a strong sense of justice, who can carve out a future for themselves in harmony with nature".

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            • #7
              ....Only 'cos every newspaper in the west has highlighted this tragic disaster and it is in the international domain.

              Ever google news has it.

              I think they realized that they'd look stupid if they didn't do something quick by giving it the prominence it deserves.

              Allah knows best.

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              • #8
                Originally posted by Musafira View Post
                KhyberKhan
                Please look at the dates on the newspapers you posted. I don't live in Pakistan nor am I from there but I have heard many saying the media was not giving the flooding enough attention earlier this week so I totally believe you about media bias but the two newspapers you pointed out both have the floods on their front pages today.
                Musafirey, I do agree that many newspapers have made big headlines about the floods in today's newspapers (I read them in the morning) and we see less plane crash stories than stories of flood victims today. Both tragedies are huge. However, I agree with KhyberKhan in pointing out the media or the Pakistani bias in general towards our tragedies of this unfortunate nature. The bias is very clear when you see live talks on Pakistani Channels.
                "O Pakhtuns!, Your house has fallen into ruin, let us rebuild it".
                "I want to see my people educated and enlightened. A people with a vision and a strong sense of justice, who can carve out a future for themselves in harmony with nature".

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                • #9
                  Zardari will probably beg for money from other countries now.

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