ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan government has sought help of international community for the rehabilitation of people displaced by floods but critics are of the view that floods happened due to sheer negligence which converted a natural calamity into a man-made disaster.
“The 2014 floods are classical example of bad government response which converted a natural disaster into a man-made one,” said Halim Sheikh, chairman Pakistan Relief Foundation (PRF).
Sheikh, who had also served as minister for relief for Sindh, underlined the need for a national climate change policy while lamenting that the incumbent government had converted the Climate change ministry into a division.
Finance Minister Ishaq Dar had made the appeal for rehabilitation of around one million people affected by floods and military operation in North Waziristan at a donors’ conference attended by representatives of foreign diplomatic missions, aid agencies, development partners and UN agencies.
Citing reports, Sheikh said Pakistan would be facing similar floods due to global warming and changes in climate until 2022 and there was dire need of a consolidated policy. INTERNEWS
