PAKISTANI PRESIDENT VISITS FLOOD RELIEF CAMP IN SINDH
Baku, August 12 (AZERTAC). Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has visited a relief camp for flood victims, in his first visit to areas hit by the deluge, according to BBC News.
The trip follows criticism of his recent tour abroad and of the perceived slow government response to the country`s worst humanitarian crisis.
A spokesman said the president handed out aid in Sindh province, and promised homes would be rebuilt.
The floods have affected 14 million people and left at least 1,600 dead.
“The president visited a relief camp set up for flood-affected people at a college in Sukkur city,” his spokesman, Farhatullah Babar, told the BBC.
“He heard people`s grievances and told them that the government was determined to improve their situation as quickly as possible.”
The president had told the displaced that the government would “see to it that your houses are rebuilt as early as possible”, according to Mr Babar.
“He distributed relief goods among the families housed at the camp,” the spokesman added.
Mr Zardari also inspected the Sukkur Barrage, a key flood barrier in Sindh, which has been under pressure from the massive volume of floodwaters flowing down the Indus river.
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