Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif pointed out that Pakistan emitted low carbon but suffered heavy consequences from climate change, calling for developed countries to actively support them.
Pakistan Shehbaz Sharif today spoke in Lahore, a warning Pakistan facing an unprecedented crisis of health, food security and wave of domestic migration after the storm raindo.
Scientists determine that the flood is a result of climate imbalance.
I would like to make it clear, this is a fair issue.
Pakistan's Prime Minister spoke in the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, September 23.
In this life, I have never witnessed the devastation, flooding and pain like this for the people of the country, he said.
While the international community offers billions of dollars, contributing and commitment to support later, Mr. Sharif thinks that those items are not enough.
The great damage from this climate disaster is beyond our financial capacity, he expressed.
Pakistan recorded 1,600 people killed by the flood, but many estimated the actual figure higher.
Preliminary damage estimated at $ 30-35 billion but Mr. Sharrif said that it could be more, with more than 30,000 km of bridges, railways and power lines destroyed, more than 4 million hectares of crops were swept away.
A girl in the middle of the flooded road in Sohbatpur, Jaffarabad district, Balchistan province, Pakistan on October 4.
The rain has stopped falling, but many areas in Pakistan, especially Sindh, are still flooded.
Before the flood occurred, Pakistan faced many economic problems, when inflation skyrocketed, foreign debt increased, foreign currency reserves dropped sharply.
Sharif confirmed that Pakistan would not default despite facing foreign debts of billions of dollars on their maturity and suffered billions of dollars in flood disaster.
8 months pregnant, Naseeeeba Ameerulla almost died when walking in the pain of finding an ambulance and took 12 hours to reach the hospital due to flooding.
Climate Minister Pakistan said that floods raged from June to now, causing 1/3 of the country's area to be completely submerged.