Pakistan hit and struggling badly.

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The worst floods in Pakistan's history are devastating its already fragile economy, adding further instability to the troubled nation.

The biggest city and commercial hub, Karachi, is in danger of being hit by the floodwaters. Hundreds of thousands of homes, crops and livestock have been washed away and huge damage has been caused to infrastructure including bridges, roads, government buildings and electricity. The United nations says reconstruction is likely to cost billions.

Further heavy monsoon rains are forecast and the meteorological department has warned of ''flooding in Karachi, Hyderabad and other urban areas''.


At least 1600 people have been killed, but there are warnings the final toll could rise well above 2000. At the weekend about 30 bodies were reportedly recovered following landslides in two flood-hit villages in the north, while 25 more people were believed missing.

About 15 million people have been directly affected by the floods, but the consequences are being felt across the country as food prices rise. There are reports the cost of basics like onions, potatoes and tomatoes has quadrupled following the inundation of huge tracts of prime farming land.

The Prime Minister, Yousuf Raza Gilani, has appealed to the world for help, saying the needed response to the disaster is ''beyond our capacity''.

He said ''our country has gone back several years''.

The UN's special envoy, Jean-Maurice Ripert, told the Associated Press that the emergency phase ''will require hundreds of millions of dollars and the recovery and reconstruction part will require billions of dollars''.

Dr Faisal Bari, a Pakistani economist and adviser to the Open Society Institute, said that while the full extent of destruction to public infrastructure would not be known until the floodwaters receded, the ''scale is going to be very large''.

The rescue effort is sapping the government's budget, which had been under serious strain before the floods.

But Dr Bari said it was unlikely the international donations would cover the massive cost of rehabilitation, putting additional pressure on domestic finances.

''This is going to be fairly hard for Pakistan to manage,'' he said.

The UN has said the disaster is ''on par'' with the earthquake that hit Kashmir in 2005, killing more than 70,000 people.

While the loss of life has been much lower, the flood has affected a vast area and the economic cost will be significant. It has reportedly wiped out 30 per cent of the cotton crop and damaged a significant proportion of food crops in the breadbasket provinces of Punjab and Sindh.

Every main bridge in the Swat Valley, in the north, has reportedly been destroyed and it could take months to get electricity back to the region.

The Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly North-West Frontier Province) has put losses in that province at about 200 billion rupees ($2.33 billion).

''The flooding is definitely going to have a growth impact,'' Dr Bari said.

In late 2008 Pakistan was forced to borrow from the International Monetary Fund to avoid defaulting on its foreign loans and economists say it remains dependent on the fund.

The economic problems have been blamed for stoking militancy in the country and security experts have warned that the floods could play into the hands of extremist groups if infrastructure and livelihoods are not restored quickly.

Pakistan crisis | Floods threaten to sink teetering economy
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[Paladin]

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I don't get the smiley at the bottom? What is there to smile about?

[Neither Right Nor Wrong]

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[Paladin]

Defence.pk!
is what that smiley says,is there anything offensive?

Yes seems rather sarcastic a the end of one miserable read. Anyone with half a wit would read that as "rubbing salt in ones wounds".

P.S: you proved my point in this post:Lata Mangeshkar Invited as State Guest By Pakistani PM

Bad troll is bad troll!

[graphican]

Its a testing time for every citizen of the country.. we are hit, we are struggeling but we will get out of every worse that has happend to us. Have Faith. Keep your head and hands warm at work.. rest leave to God.

[Donatello]

They think that we are really in trouble and our economy is history and India is just so awesome.


Man i have been telling you guys not to feed such trolls, typical Indians......i have met a lot more worse of them in the USA than here on defence.pk!

[pak-marine]

this author was having a time of your life by writing this cr*p master peace of his .....
What he needs to know that Pakistanis have the worst of the worst in the world we have seen it all ..... however fortunatly dealing with this have made Pakistanis even tougher and give it few years we will emerge even stronger than most!!

[mohan goyal]

They think that we are really in trouble and our economy is history and India is just so awesome.


Man i have been telling you guys not to feed such trolls, typical Indians......i have met a lot more worse of them in the USA than here on defence.pk!

y u are comparing with india sir, because it is posted by an indian?? look this is of great concern, i know u know that but by criticising other won't help

[Donatello]

y u are comparing with india sir, because it is posted by an indian?? look this is of great concern, i know u know that but by criticising other won't help

Excuse me, what are you trying to say?

[mohan goyal]

Excuse me, what are you trying to say?

im just saying by simply comparing with india wont solve ur problem. take care

[Justin Joseph]

Floods are causing trouble all over the world specially china, pakistan and India. We should get united in this testing times and help each other.

May the God bless India-Pakistan.

[ambidex]

“The phoenix hope, can wing her way through the desert skies, and still defying fortune's spite; revive from ashes and rise.”


May God bless strength to Pakistan to revive, prevail and shine.

[trident2010]

They think that we are really in trouble and our economy is history and India is just so awesome.


Man i have been telling you guys not to feed such trolls, typical Indians......i have met a lot more worse of them in the USA than here on defence.pk!

Everyone knows typical Pakistanis too .. Like everyone else, I also avoid them. Be careful what you say. You stand nowhere in world reputation, so do not insult countries between the discussions.

[Paladin]

Everyone knows typical Pakistanis too .. Like everyone else, I also avoid them. Be careful what you say. You stand nowhere in world reputation, so do not insult countries between the discussions.

1. PDF
2. Count the posts of Indians using slanderous terms for Pakistan
3. PDF
4. GTFO

[JonAsad]

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Everyone knows typical Pakistanis too .. Like everyone else, I also avoid them. Be careful what you say. You stand nowhere in world reputation, so do not insult countries between the discussions.

Nice to see you avoiding Pakistanis by joining a Pakistani Defence Forum and posting about 148 posts in avoidance.

You need to change the defination of avoidance in your dictionary.