Pakistan Under Water
Millions are homeless and hundreds dead in Pakistan after monsoon rains, but how can this nation rise above the crisis?
Recent monsoon floods in Pakistan have affected nine million people and flood-related diseases are rising.
| In Pictures: Murderous monsoon |
This comes just a year after “the worst disaster in UN history”, floods in 2010 which left one-fifth of the country inundated, 21 million homeless and more than 1000 people dead.
Critics say the government has failed to learn from past disasters. In some regions, victims are forced to abandon their livelihoods a second time in 13 months. But compassion fatigue means international aid has been slow to trickle in.
101 East asks if Pakistan can rise above this latest crisis.
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