Pakistan floods

Radicalization of the historically moderate Barelvi sub-sect and rapid growth of the local Islamic State chapter could trigger a new wave of inter-communal violence.

After decades of climate injustice, the West should pay long overdue reparations to Pakistan and other development countries that bear the brunt of climate change.

Economic isolation and privation such as Afghanistan has experienced since the Taliban takeover only feed authoritarianism and extremism, Pakistan’s foreign minister said. 

Nearly 15 percent of its rice crop and 40 percent of its cotton crop were lost due to the floods.

It's not just climate change – corruption, bad governance, poor planning, and faulty water management are also to blame for the scale of the current disaster.

Waterborne and other diseases in the past two months have killed 334 flood victims.

We knew catastrophic climate change was coming. But for Pakistan it has already arrived.

So far, Pakistan has received aid from China, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Turkey, Uzbekistan, U.A.E. and other countries. 

Pakistan’s floods highlight the dire risks of climate change in South Asia, so why is there so little Green politics in the region?

In addition to those traumatized by the flooding, doctors are now treating people suffering from diarrhea, skin infections, and other waterborne ailments.

The exceptionally heavy monsoon rains that triggered flash floods across the country have come at a time when the country is facing one of its worst economic crises.