UN pleads for more cash for Pakistan's displaced

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Source: AFP

ISLAMABAD (AFP) — UN officials in Pakistan warned Thursday that a fund to help 2.4 million people displaced by an anti-Taliban offensive remained woefully short, with medical supplies running low.

Pakistan is struggling to cope as civilians flood every day into crowded camps or the homes of over-burdened relatives, escaping a month-long military offensive in the northwest.

Last Friday, the United Nations appealed for 543 million dollars to provide the displaced with food, medicine, shelter and other assistance, but so far the response has been lacklustre.

"Out of this 543 million, only 88 million is funded -- 16 percent -- which is way too little to respond in an effective and timely manner to the crisis that we have," said Manuel Bessler, head of UN humanitarian agency OCHA here.



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1. Well this $750 million could probably be put to better use

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