'Floods ruined poverty reduction programme'
Last year's heavy floods have ruined poverty reduction programme at union council level in some districts of Sindh, however, the programme has achieved better results in many districts.
Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani said on Wednesday that the flood disaster has posed a huge challenge to the country for which the whole nation has to rise to the occasion.The contribution towards helping the flood affected population should be beyond any political and social divide, said the Prime Minister while talking to a financial team led by Finance Minister Dr Abdul Hafeez Sheikh, which called on him here to discuss the financial situation vis-a-vis the needs of the flood affected areas.