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Saturday, November 12, 2011
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Islamabad: World Food Programme (WFP) is providing food ration to around 100,000 people daily in flood-affected areas of Sindh and Balochistan.

 

Talking to this agency on Friday, WFP Programme Spokesperson Amjad Jamal said that WFP is planning to provide food to 2.5 million people in coming four months. He said initial assessment in Sindh and Balochistan shows that as many as 5.8 million people have been affected during floods.

 

To a question he said WFP has provided life-saving food assistance to more than 2.0 million people in Sindh and Balochistan provinces. To another question he said World Food Programme (WFP) is facing a critical shortfall of around 109 million dollars for the flood operation in Sindh and Balochistan.