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LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund will give Pakistan $450 million in emergency flood aid, providing some relief for a government overwhelmed by the disaster and facing renewed militant violence. Flood victims left without receiving aid for three days reach for food handouts donated by a group calling themselves Muslim...
LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund will give Pakistan $450 million in emergency flood aid, providing some relief for a government overwhelmed by the disaster and facing renewed militant violence. Flood victims left without receiving aid for three days reach for food handouts donated by a group calling themselves Muslim brothers in Pakistan's Muzaffargarh district of Punjab province September 2, 2010. (REUTERS/Damir Sagolj) IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn said in Washington on Thursday that the funds would be dispersed in "coming weeks". Strauss-Kahn said discussions with a delegation led by Pakistan's
LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistan tightened security in the eastern city of Lahore on Wednesday after three bomb attacks killed 33 people and wounded 171 and pressured the U.S.-backed government already overwhelmed by floods. Volunteers carry an injured man to an ambulance following explosions during Shiite Muslims procession in Lahore September 1, 2010. (REUTERS/Mohsin Raza) The blasts which hit a Shi'ite procession on Tuesday bore all the hallmarks of pro-Taliban insurgents, who have
Fears rise of militants exploiting floods Friday, September 03, 2010 - Powered by --> Mubasher Bukhari Reuters LAHORE, Pakistan: Pakistan tightened security in the eastern city of Lahore on Thursday after three bomb attacks killed 33 people and wounded 171 and pressured the US-backed government already overwhelmed by floods. The blasts which hit a Shiite procession on Wednesday bore all the hallmarks of pro-Taliban insurgents, who have carried out sectarian violence designed to destabilize the WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund will give Pakistan $450 million in emergency flood aid and disburse funds in September to help the country's economy cope with the devastation, the head of the IMF said on Thursday. Flood victims left without receiving aid for three days reach for food handouts donated by a group calling themselves Muslim brothers in Pakistan's Muzaffargarh district of Punjab province September 2, 2010. (REUTERS/Damir Sagolj) Severe flooding in * Hundreds of thousands in Sindh vulnerable
* IMF says Pakistan faces hard choices A villager looks into the courtyard of his house which was destroyed by floodwater in Mehmood Kod village in Pakistan's Muzaffargarh district of Punjab province August 23, 2010. (REUTERS/Reinhard Krause) * Zardari says recovery could take 'three years' By Robert Birsel SUKKUR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistan could take years to recover from the floods disaster, its president said, as crisis talks began with the IMF
LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - Three bombs exploded at a Shi'ite procession in the Pakistani city of Lahore on Wednesday, killing at least 20 people and wounding over 170, piling pressure on a government already overwhelmed by floods. Volunteers carry an injured man to an ambulance following explosions during Shiite Muslims procession in Lahore September 1, 2010. (REUTERS/Mohsin Raza) Police said two suicide bombers blew themselves up in a crowd, after a lull in violence during the floods, the
LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - Three bombs exploded at a Shi'ite procession in the Pakistani city of Lahore on Wednesday, killing at least 18 people and wounding over 100, piling pressure on a government already overwhelmed by floods. Witnesses said a suicide bomber blew himself up in a crowd of hundreds, after a lull in violence during the floods, the type of attack that Pakistani Taliban militants have claimed in the past. "According to my information 18 people are dead and over 100 injured,"
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari and a senior U.S. senator warned on Thursday that Taliban insurgents are trying to exploit rising anger over the country's worst floods to promote their cause. Flood victims jostle for positions in a line to receive evening food handouts from a charity at a road-side tent camp near Nowshera, in Pakistan's northwest Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province, August 18, 2010.
LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund will give Pakistan $450 million in emergency flood aid, providing some relief for a government overwhelmed by the disaster and facing renewed militant violence. Flood victims left without receiving aid for three days reach for food handouts donated by a group calling themselves Muslim brothers in Pakistan's Muzaffargarh district of Punjab province September 2, 2010. (REUTERS/Damir Sagolj) IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn said in Washington on Thursday that the funds would be dispersed in "coming weeks". Strauss-Kahn said discussions with a delegation led by Pakistan's
LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistan tightened security in the eastern city of Lahore on Wednesday after three bomb attacks killed 33 people and wounded 171 and pressured the U.S.-backed government already overwhelmed by floods. Volunteers carry an injured man to an ambulance following explosions during Shiite Muslims procession in Lahore September 1, 2010. (REUTERS/Mohsin Raza) The blasts which hit a Shi'ite procession on Tuesday bore all the hallmarks of pro-Taliban insurgents, who have
Fears rise of militants exploiting floods Friday, September 03, 2010 - Powered by --> Mubasher Bukhari Reuters LAHORE, Pakistan: Pakistan tightened security in the eastern city of Lahore on Thursday after three bomb attacks killed 33 people and wounded 171 and pressured the US-backed government already overwhelmed by floods. The blasts which hit a Shiite procession on Wednesday bore all the hallmarks of pro-Taliban insurgents, who have carried out sectarian violence designed to destabilize the WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund will give Pakistan $450 million in emergency flood aid and disburse funds in September to help the country's economy cope with the devastation, the head of the IMF said on Thursday. Flood victims left without receiving aid for three days reach for food handouts donated by a group calling themselves Muslim brothers in Pakistan's Muzaffargarh district of Punjab province September 2, 2010. (REUTERS/Damir Sagolj) Severe flooding in * Hundreds of thousands in Sindh vulnerable
* IMF says Pakistan faces hard choices A villager looks into the courtyard of his house which was destroyed by floodwater in Mehmood Kod village in Pakistan's Muzaffargarh district of Punjab province August 23, 2010. (REUTERS/Reinhard Krause) * Zardari says recovery could take 'three years' By Robert Birsel SUKKUR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistan could take years to recover from the floods disaster, its president said, as crisis talks began with the IMF
LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - Three bombs exploded at a Shi'ite procession in the Pakistani city of Lahore on Wednesday, killing at least 20 people and wounding over 170, piling pressure on a government already overwhelmed by floods. Volunteers carry an injured man to an ambulance following explosions during Shiite Muslims procession in Lahore September 1, 2010. (REUTERS/Mohsin Raza) Police said two suicide bombers blew themselves up in a crowd, after a lull in violence during the floods, the
LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - Three bombs exploded at a Shi'ite procession in the Pakistani city of Lahore on Wednesday, killing at least 18 people and wounding over 100, piling pressure on a government already overwhelmed by floods. Witnesses said a suicide bomber blew himself up in a crowd of hundreds, after a lull in violence during the floods, the type of attack that Pakistani Taliban militants have claimed in the past. "According to my information 18 people are dead and over 100 injured,"
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari and a senior U.S. senator warned on Thursday that Taliban insurgents are trying to exploit rising anger over the country's worst floods to promote their cause. Flood victims jostle for positions in a line to receive evening food handouts from a charity at a road-side tent camp near Nowshera, in Pakistan's northwest Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province, August 18, 2010.
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