Zardari Visits Pakistan Flood Zone, Relief Needs Grow
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Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari made his first visit to regions swamped by the country’s worst ever floods as relief officials appealed for urgent deliveries of food, shelters and medicine for 14 million displaced people.
Zardari toured the Sukkur dam in southern Sindh province to see the damage first-hand, state-run Pakistan Television reported, after being criticized by the opposition for proceeding with a trip to Europe as the floods spread. Zardari’s hometown is in the region.