Flood disaster poses huge challenge to country :
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.
The number of people affected due to floods exceeds 800,000 today according to the Disaster Management Center while 8 deaths have been reported, 4 were injured and another 2 are missing.People displaced due to floods are accommodate in 430 camps situated in flood affected areas according to the center.