8M Pakistanis still displaced after floods

By Xinhua News Agency

Jan 07, 2023 12:09 am

GENEVA: Some 8 million people remain 'acutely displaced' after last summer's floods in Pakistan, since waters still have not receded in some areas, the country's permanent representative to the UN in Geneva said Thursday (Friday in Manila).

Khalil Hashmi told a press conference that there was an urgent need for housing, and that flood damage had impacted agriculture, and people's livelihoods.

LINGERING EFFECT People wade through flood water after heavy rains in southern Pakistan’s Hyderabad on Aug. 23, 2022. Some 8 million people remain ‘acutely displaced’ after last summer’s floods in Pakistan, since waters still have not receded in some areas, the country’s permanent representative to the UN in Geneva said Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023 (January 6 in Manila). XINHUA PHOTO

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