Four million Pakistanis bear the brunt of floods, says UN

The Hamalayan - GENEVA; Pakistan’s worst floods in generations brought on by torrential monsoon rains have affected more than four million people and killed some 1,600, the United Nations estimated today.

“Altogether, more than four million people are in a way or another affected,” said Manuel Bessler, who heads the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Pakistan.

“What we are facing now is a major catastrophe,” added the UN official who was speaking from Islamabad at a teleconference with journalists in Geneva......... read more>>

Four million Pakistanis bear the brunt of floods, says UN