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Pakistan and UN ask for $350m in flood aid
Prime minister says country needs help responding to disaster that has affected six million people.
Last Modified: 18 Sep 2011 18:15

Pakistan's prime minister says his country needs help responding to a flood disaster that has affected six million people.

Yousaf Raza Gilani's government and the United Nations have asked for more than $350m dollars in foreign donations, as a UN team says nearly every district in the southern Sindh province has seen flooding.

Al Jazeera's Imtiaz Tyab reports from Mirpur Khas in Lower Sindh.
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