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UN assistance called from International Donors for Pakistan

By: Haroon Baloch


ISLAMABAD (Sept 18, 2011): After President Asif Ali Zardari's request from UN Secretary General Ban-ki Moon to provide assistance for flood affected people of Sindh, hit by heavy monsoon rains in months of August and September 2011, UN jointly with Pakistani government managed a venue for representatives of international donor agencies and diplomats to give them an overview of destruction of floods in Sindh and parts of Balochistan.

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