Pakistan: Govt keeps UN at bay

Source(s): Nation, the - Pakistan
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While Oxfam had called upon the government to invest two per cent of its budget or $27 million on Disaster Risk Reduction and though it seems that 'the government questionably overlooks the viable option of calling the United Nations agencies and other reputed humanitarian organisations for help', 'Speaker National Assembly Dr Fehmida Mirza criticises the role of National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) and Sindh’s Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) and urges the international organisations to step ahead for providing help to those in need', reports Sikander Shaheen for the Nation.

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