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Pakistanis criticise government response to floods
Residents complain that the Pakistan government didn't provide evacuees shelter where they could stay until flood waters recede
- AP
- Published: 16:00 August 1, 2010
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- A Pakistan army helicopter evacuates stranded villagers in Nowshera on Friday. Boats and helicopters struggled to reach hundreds of thousands of villagers cut off by floods.
Peshawar: Residents of Pakistan's northwest have criticised the government's response to devastating flooding that has killed more than 800 people.
Hakimullah Khan, a resident of Charsadda town, said on Sunday that he hadn't received any help in tracking down his missing wife and three children.
Sehar Ali Shah, who returned to a house filled with water in Nowshera city, complained the government didn't provide evacuees shelter where they could stay until flood waters recede.
The government has deployed more than 30,000 army troops to help with the rescue and relief effort. They had evacuated 19,000 trapped people by Saturday night.
However, the United Nations estimated that some 1 million people nationwide were affected by the disaster.
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