Business Maverick: Pakistan flood death toll passes 1,000 in ‘climate catastrophe’

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Flooding in Pakistan from the highest rainfall in more than three decades has killed at least 1,000 people since June and caused more than $10-billion worth of damage.

The extreme weather event, which follows some of the highest recorded temperatures across South Asia, is a “climate catastrophe”, Sherry Rehman, Pakistan’s federal Minister for Climate Change, said in a news interview“Many districts are beginning to look like they’re part of the ocean,” Rehman told German broadcaster DW News. “Our helicopter sorties are not finding dry land to drop rations.

Pakistan will allow duty-free imports of vegetables to curb a price hike in the domestic market because of the floods and consider opening a temporary land route with India for the purpose, according to the minister.Labourers carry sacks of potato as they wade amid a flooded market in Lahore on 29 August 2022.

It’s also given former premier Imran Khan more political space as he pressures Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s government to dissolve parliament and hold fresh elections. On Monday evening, he’s hosting a telethon to raise funds for flood victims from his support base in the country and among the Pakistani diaspora.

The former cricket star reminded his followers that his fight against the government will not stop. Sharif’s administration has been looking at ways to ban Khan’s party.

 

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