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India-Pakistan
PM Nawaz chairs emergency session on monsoon rains, floods
2014-09-07
[DAWN] An emergency session was chaired by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif
... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf...
 in Islamabad on Saturday to discuss the situation that emerged after the brutal spell of monsoon rains in the country.

The meeting was attended by Information Minister Pervez Rashid, Defence Minister Khawaja Asif, Secretary Cabinet Division Mr. Akhlaq Ahmad Tarar and Chairman of National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) Major Gen Muhammad Saeed Aleem.
Posted by:Fred

#2  Seasonal monsoon rains and flooding are unprecedented in this part of the world. And by 'unprecedented', I mean happens regularly on an annual basis since pretty much the beginning of time. Or at least since Gondwanaland broke up.

You would think someone would have noticed by now and maybe dug some ditches.
Posted by: SteveS   2014-09-07 19:30  

#1  I can remember reading similar (VERY similar!) articles like this last year. And the year before that. And the year before that. Lots of talk about responding, but nothing about alleviating the problem. Typical In'sAllah behavior. I have no more sympathy. The needle not only has pegged on empty, it bent.
Posted by: Old Patriot   2014-09-07 13:30  

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