It is getting desperate. The report is about 5 children dying but clearly there must be many more not such deaths not being reported.
Problem is that aid is coming not just from international donors but Pakistanis themselves have for some reason stayed away. If we don’t trust the government then there are many NGO’s working for it as well. When there is a will there is a way.
PESHAWAR: Five children died of malnutrition on Sunday in the Kundian Valley region of Kohistan.
The recent floods and rain had badly affected the Hazara division’s Kohistan region, forcing the Karakorum highway and other connecting roads to close down, completely cutting off the region from the rest of the country.
“The government had completely failed in coordinating relief efforts for the flood victims,” said MPA Khyber Pakhtunkhuwa Assembly Abdul Sattar Khan.
He also said that there was a huge food crisis in different flood-stricken parts of Kundian Valley, Sapt Valley, Patin and Dobair. Five children have already died due to malnutrition, he added.
“The number of casualties, due to malnutrition, is expected to rise if the Karakorum highway and other connecting routes are not opened to bring in food for the flood victims,” said Khan, emphasising the severity of the situation. – DawnNews