Senior UN official attacks response to Pakistan floods

سیلاب کی تباہ کاریاں جاری، 250 ملین کی اضافی امداد

سندھ میں سیلابی پانی اس وقت شہداد کوٹ کے حفاظتی بند سے ٹکرا رہا ہے جبکہ وزیرِخارجہ کا کہنا ہے کہ اقوامِ متحدہ کے اجلاس سے قبل دنیا کو تباہی کا اندازہ نہیں تھا۔

A senior United Nations official has called on the global community to urgently step up its response to the floods that have struck Pakistan.

Louis-George Arsenault, director of emergency operations for the Unicef in New York, described the lack of support as "quite extraordinary".

The humanitarian crisis was the largest "in decades", he warned.

Mr Arsenault spoke as the International Monetary Fund was due to start talks with Pakistani officials in Washington.

The talks on Monday will allow the IMF to assess how best to give help. It says the floods that have struck Pakistan pose a "massive economic challenge" and it will review the country's budget and financial prospects.