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UK deputy prime minister Nick Clegg visits a relief camp in Sukkur to witness the devastation caused by the ongoing floods.
2010-09-1

International pledges currently total $800 million, say government figures.
2010-08-22

After initial hesitation, Pakistan ultimately accepts $5 million in aid from India; it subsequently calls it a "very welcome initiative".
2010-08-20

The United Nations says that flood relief aid to Pakistan is "arriving too slowly".
2010-08-18

The United Nations states there is high risk for as many as 3.5 million children who may be struck down by diseases in the water.
2010-08-16

The devastating floods continue as a concern of the United Nations, with officials citing a lack of aid funding for six million people in urgent need of clean water.
2010-08-16

The UN confirms the first case of cholera in Mingora in the Swat District with many more cases suspected.
2010-08-14

Food prices quadruple in Pakistan as conditions worsen and at least 1.4 million acres of crops are wiped out in Punjab by Pakistan's worst floods.
2010-08-11

Gordon Brown requests that the British public supply more money to be used to help those affected by the floods.
2010-08-11

The United Nations describes the ongoing 2010 Pakistan floods as the worst natural disaster in years - worse than the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, the 2005 Kashmir earthquake and the 2010 Haiti earthquake - as the number of people affected reaches an estimated 15 million and the waters and landslides continue to swamp the country.
2010-08-9