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The World Bank pledges to loan an additional $100 million to Pakistan.
2010-09-1

Pakistan orders nearly half a million people in towns including Sujawal, Mirpur Bathoro and Daro threatened by floods to evacuate.
2010-08-26

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

Landslips wreak further destruction in Pakistan: 28 corpses retrieved so far in 2 villages.
2010-08-8

Torrential rains worsen the ongoing flood crisis across Pakistan, which has so far affected 14 million people, as rescue helicopters are forced to stay on the ground in the northwest of the country.
2010-08-8

Pakistan issues a red alert as the worst floods in its history move south towards Sindh, with hundreds of thousands of people being evacuated, at least 10,000 cows killed and Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani appealing on television for help from the international community.
2010-08-7

The United Nations World Food Programme warns that parts of northwest Pakistan are facing urgent food shortages.
2010-08-4

Nearly 1 million people are estimated to have been left homeless during the ongoing severe floods in Pakistan.
2010-08-4

Flooding caused by monsoonal rain causes hundreds of deaths in northwestern Pakistan.
2010-07-30