Severe rain and floods kill more than 900 in Pakistan

Pakistan is passing through a crisis. It witnessed severe rains and flooding this summer. The country’s Minister for Climate Change told a section of the media that Pakistan needs international assistance. It is a "humanitarian disaster" and thousands have no shelter and food. The communication lines have broken and people do not have the basic amenities. The death toll has crossed 900 and the dead include 326 children. Heavy monsoon rains and floods since June have affected more than 2.3 million people in the country. This is as per the United Nations' Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs OCHA. It reveals at least 95,350 homes are destroyed. Most affected regions are the southeastern province of Sindh and the southwestern province of Balochistan. Over 900 killed by Pakistan monsoon rains and floods, including 326 children. Apart from loss of livestock, nearly 1,864 miles of roads and 129 bridges are damaged. These have cut off access to many flood-affected areas.

The governmental National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) of Pakistan wants international funding for flood relief, rehabilitation, and the reconstruction of damaged infrastructure. Sherry Rehman, Minister for Climate Change, spoke at the NDMA briefing. She compared the situation to record flooding in 2010. She also mentioned about the "unprecedented humanitarian disaster" in parts of Balochistan and the Sindh region. The forecast is of more heavy rain and floods. Schools in Balochistan and Sindh will remain closed in anticipation of a fresh spell of monsoon rain expected towards the end of the week. China indicated that it would provide emergency humanitarian aid to Pakistan. These would include tents apart from cash. Monsoon rains are not new to Pakistan but this year was an exception. About 15 inches of rain poured down in the course of a few hours in Pakistan's largest city, Karachi. This July was the wettest in three decades.

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A Pakistani man killed five of his children to gain magical powers

#blackmagic #alchemy #spiritualjourney 40-year-old Ali Nawaz Leghari was not a rich man but, he wanted to gain magical powers to turn anything into gold or silver and also to gain immortality. He, therefore, strangled five of his children aged between three and thirteen and, later fled.
The gory incident happened in a village in Sindh province 140 miles north of Karachi and the children were two girls and three boys. He first sedated them and then strangled them with a rope which has been recovered.
It seems the man had first tried to poison the family's dinner but was seen by his wife who quarreled and left the house with their oldest son to go and stay with her parents.
The man believed that the sacrifice would endow him with magical powers including alchemy - the ability to turn ordinary metals into silver or gold, or the possibility of eternal youth. He was learning black magic and, in the opinion of the police, he might have made the sacrifice to excel in the craft.
The killings had apparently taken place while Leghari was on a 40-day spiritual journey, known as a "chilla" that had been suggested to him by a pir (living saint).