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The Pakistan Taliban threatens to kidnap foreign aid workers.
2010-08-26

The United Nations describes the humanitarian situation caused by the 2010 Pakistan floods as critical.
2010-08-23

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

John Holmes, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator appeals for $460 million in funding to assist victims of the 2010 Pakistan floods.
2010-08-11

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

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

At least 12 million people are now affected by the worst floods in the history of Pakistan with 1,600 people being killed and 650,000 homes being destroyed.
2010-08-6