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16 million displaced by floods, says UNHCR [1]

QUETTA, Aug 31: The country director of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has said that floods and torrential rains had affected over 20 million people and displaced 16 million Pakistanis.

Addressing a press conference at the UNHCR office here on Tuesday, Mengesha Kebede said the flood-affected area was equal to the size of Italy.

He said that UNHCR had been in Balochistan since

Publication Date: 
31/08/2010
Dawn (Pakistan) [2]
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Pakistan [3], Floods [4], Natural Disasters [5], UNHCR [6], Displacement [7], Rainfall [8], Sindh [9]
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