Pakistan braced for more floods; aid tops $800m
China Daily | Updated: 2010-08-23 08:06
|
A child receives medical treatment at a local hospital in Pakistan's Muzaffargarh district of Punjab province on Sunday. Floods are threatening to wreak havoc in more areas of south Pakistan in a catastrophe that may help Islamist militants gain supporters. Reinhard Krause / Reuters |
SHADADKOT, Pakistan - More than $800 million has been donated or pledged to help Pakistan's flood victims, the foreign minister said on Sunday, as hundreds of thousands of people in the south feared more destruction.
Photo
