Why has Pakistan not recovered from its catastrophic floods?

Six months on from the worst of lethal floods, Pakistanis are nonetheless getting again on their toes.

Villager Mujahid Ali dewaters his fields within the flood-hit village Gozo, Pakistan January 17, 2023. [Waqar Mustafa/Thomson Reuters Foundation]

Pakistan remains to be reeling from final yr’s lethal floods that put a 3rd of the nation underwater. Although the South Asian nation has barely contributed to local weather change, its persons are nonetheless paying the worth. Six months on from the worst of the devastation, individuals throughout the nation are nonetheless displaced and dealing with knock-on results of the floods on their well being. The worldwide group pledged $9bn to help Pakistan in rebuilding initially of this yr, however consultants on the bottom say it will likely be of little use if it doesn't arrive quickly. So, is the worldwide group doing sufficient to assist?

On this episode: 

• Zuha Siddiqui (@SiddiquiZuha), journalist
• Taimur Khan Jhagra (@Jhagra), former well being and finance minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
• Ed Taylor, emergency response coordinator of Medical doctors With out Borders (Medecins Sans Frontieres, @MSF)

Episode credit:

This episode was produced by Ashish Malhotra and Amy Walters, and our host, Halla Mohieddeen. Chloe Ok. Li, Amy Walters and Ashish Malhotra fact-checked this episode.

Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Andy Greiner and Adam Abou-Gad are our engagement producers. Alexandra Locke is The Take’s govt producer, and Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera’s head of audio.

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