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The Immediate and Broader Consequences of the Flood in Pakistan

Almost every news outlet is engaged with Pakistan’s flood and the dire needs of her people.  The different ways in which terrible fortunes await those who have just narrowly missed losing their lives is mind-boggling.  Disease is germinating in viral dark, wet corners. Given this attention, it is heart-breaking that the private and public donations […]

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1,100 Dead In Khyber-Pakhtankhwa: Government Relief Efforts Seen Ineffective

The recent floods in Khyber Pakhtankhwa Province, triggered by unusually heavy monsoon rains, has killed at least 1,100 while another estimated 27,000 are still stranded in their homes, already washed away, wiped away from every map but that of one’s mind. The casualties in Peshawar and the surrounding areas will surely mount in the days […]

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