KARACHI:
All 34 districts of Balochistan have been badly affected due to recent heavy rains but Lasbela is the worst hit. People are lying under the open sky with nothing to eat. There are reports of children and women dying due to hunger, but the government’s relief and rescue teams are missing. Many people have drowned in the flood water while rescuing their families on a self-help basis. The supply of food and other necessities has been stopped and there is an urgent need for army and air force personnel to come to the rescue of the marooned population. Welfare organisations have set up humanitarian camps in Karachi, Gwadar and Turbat for arranging financial support for the flood-affected people of Lasbela, and we all must make generous contributions.
Din Muhammad
Kech
Published in The Express Tribune, August 2nd, 2022.
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