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Pakistan aid 'totally inadequate'
Pakistani leader Pervez Musharraf says the amount of foreign reconstruction aid pledged after the South Asia quake is "totally inadequate". Mr Musharraf told the BBC that about $620m had been promised, but that Pakistan needed about $5bn to rebuild devastated areas. An estimated three million people in Pakistan lack adequate shelter. The UN has appealed for urgent help to avoid a massive second wave of deaths over the fierce Himalayan winter. It is asking Nato to stage a massive airlift of those without shelter, and says the quake is the worst logistical nightmare it has ever faced. Mr Musharraf said it was likely that Pakistan would need to build 500,000 new homes. BOOO HOOO... Posted by: Slailing Spineth2383 2005-10-21 |
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