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World Bank to provide $850m in aid to 34 flood-affected districts of Pakistan

UN representative in Pakistan says the UNO wants to work with local administration
Children play outside their tent at a relief camp in Jaffarabad, a district in the southwestern Baluchistan province of Pakistan. AP file photo
Children play outside their tent at a relief camp in Jaffarabad, a district in the southwestern Baluchistan province of Pakistan. AP file photo

ISLAMABAD: World Bank will provide 850 million dollars in aid to the 34 flood-affected districts of Pakistan including Dera Ghazi Khan and Rajanpur.

A delegation of UNO met Commissioner DG Khan Liaquat Ali Chatta in Multan on Monday and discussed the required assistance.

Divisional Commissioner DG Khan told the delegation that all flood-affected people of DG Khan and Rajanpur districts have shifted back to their home sites.

He said the flood victims deprived of their homes are staying in tents. Tanveer Ahmad Khan, the representative of the United Nations in Pakistan, said that the UNO wants to work with local administration.

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