Politics

摘要

Floods in Pakistan killed an estimated 1,500 people and stranded, displaced or otherwise affected over 3m. The worst damage was in the country's north-west, battered in recent years by war with the domestic Taliban, but other parts, such Punjab, were also hit. Farmland, livestock, roads, houses and supplies of food and clean water have been destroyed on a huge scale. The president, Asif Zardari, was criticised for persisting with a European trip; his government was scolded for doing too little to help the victims.