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Pakistani Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari smiles during an interview with the Associated Press at the Pakistan Embassy, in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Pakistani FM says water receded 50% in flood-ravaged Sindh

By Munir Ahmed - Associated Press

Villager women empty their cotton filled shawls on a pile after collecting it from cotton crops, which was damaged by floodwaters due to heavy monsoon rains, in Tando Jam near Hyderabad, a district of southern Sindh province, Pakistan, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022. Nearly three months after causing widespread destruction in Pakistan's crop-growing areas, flood waters are receding in the country, enabling some survivors to return home. The unprecedented deluges have wiped out the only income source for millions, with officials and experts saying the floods damaged 70% of the country's crops. (AP Photo/Pervez Masih)

Pakistan floods raise fears of hunger after crops wrecked

By Munir Ahmed and Muhammad Farooq - Associated Press

A Pakistani patient suffering from dengue fever, a mosquito-borne disease, is treated in an isolation ward, at a hospital in Karachi, Pakistan, Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022. Pakistan has deployed thousands of additional doctors and paramedics in the country's worst flood-hit province to contain the spread of diseases that have killed hundreds of people among the flood victims, officials said Friday. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

World Bank pledges $2 billion for flood-ravaged Pakistan

By Zabar Khan - Associated Press

Prime Minister of Pakistan Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif addresses the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Friday, Sept. 23, 2022, at the U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)

Pakistan’s prime minister talks Kashmir, floods at UN

By Mallika Sen - Associated Press

Displaced families, who fled their flood-hit homes, jostle to get relief aid distributed by soldiers of Pakistan rangers, in Dera Allahyar, in Jaffarabad, a district of southwestern Balochistan province, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022. The devastating floods affected over 33 million people and displaced over half a million people who are still living in tents and make-shift homes. The water has destroyed 70% of wheat, cotton and other crops in Pakistan. (AP Photo/Zahid Hussain)

WHO raises alarm on disease in flood-hit areas of Pakistan

By Zarar Khan - Associated Press

Displaced families who fled their flood-hit homes take refuge along a roadside in Jamshoro, southern Sindh province, Pakistan, Friday, Sept. 16, 2022. The devastating floods affected over 33 million people and displaced over half a million people who are still living in tents and make-shift homes. The water has destroyed 70% of wheat, cotton and other crops in Pakistan. (AP Photo/Pervez Masih)

Water begins receding in Pakistan’s worst flood-hit south

By Munir Ahmed - Associated Press

Victims of heavy flooding from monsoon rains receive relief aid provided by the Allah-o-Akbar Tehreek political party, in Quetta, Pakistan, Sunday, Sept. 11, 2022. Since June, heavy rains and flooding have added a new level of grief to cash-strapped Pakistan and highlighted the disproportionate effect of climate change on impoverished populations. (AP Photo/Arshad Butt)

Pakistani PM says his flooded country faces food shortages

By Munir Ahmed - Associated Press

Victims of heavy flooding from monsoon rains take refuge as they prepare tea at a temporary tent housing camp organized by the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), in Sukkur, Pakistan, Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022. Months of heavy monsoon rains and flooding have killed over a 1000 people and affected 3.3 million in this South Asian nation while half a million people have become homeless. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

Aid for flood victims arrives in hard-hit Pakistani province

By Zarar Khan - Associated Press

Victims of unprecedented flooding from monsoon rains line up to receive relief aid organized by the Edhi Foundation, in the Ghotki District of Sindh Pakistan, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

U.N. chief asks world to ‘massively’ help flood-hit Pakistan

By Munir Ahmed - Associated Press

Local residents examine a portion of a road destroyed by floodwaters in the Kalam Valley in northern Pakistan, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022. Officials in Pakistan raised concerns Wednesday over the spread of waterborne diseases among thousands of flood victims as flood waters from powerful monsoon rains began to recede in many parts of the country. (AP Photo/Sherin Zada)

In Pakistan, fears of waterborne diseases as floods recede

By Munir Ahmed - Associated Press

A family salvages belongings from their flood-hit home in Shikarpur district of Sindh province, of Pakistan, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022. Officials in Pakistan raised concerns Wednesday over the spread of waterborne diseases among thousands of flood victims as flood waters from powerful monsoon rains began to recede in many parts of the country. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

WHO warns: Pakistan flooding destroyed health centers, will exacerbate disease outbreaks

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Homes are surrounded by floodwaters in Sohbat Pur city, a district of Pakistan's southwestern Baluchistan province, Monday, Aug. 29, 2022. Disaster officials say nearly a half million people in Pakistan are crowded into camps after losing their homes in widespread flooding caused by unprecedented monsoon rains in recent weeks. (AP Photo/Zahid Hussain)

U.N. to seek $160 million in emergency aid for Pakistan floods

By Munir Ahmed - Associated Press

Frontier constabularies load food to a helicopter for flood-affected people, in Swat valley, Pakistan, Sunday, Aug. 28, 2022. International aid for flood victims has started arriving in Pakistan, as military helicopters, troops and rescuers evacuated marooned people and delivered food after a summer deluge killed over 1,000, authorities said Monday.(AP Photo/Naveed Ali)

Pakistan floods leave wrecked lives, half million in camps

By Munir Ahmed - Associated Press

Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan, center, addresses during an anti-government rally in Islamabad, Pakistan, Saturday, Aug. 20, 2022. A Pakistani court on Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022, was expected to initiate contempt proceedings against Khan for threatening a judge in a recent rally speech as pressure on the ousted premier intensified with police raiding the apartment of his close aide in the capital, and taking the associate away for interrogation. (AP Photo/W.K. Yousafzai)

Pakistan court summons ex-PM Khan in contempt case next week

By Munir Ahmed - Associated Press

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan speaks during a joint news conference with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020. Pakistani police have filed terrorism charges against Khan, authorities said Monday, Aug. 22, 2022, escalating political tensions in the country as he holds mass rallies seeking to return to office. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)

Police file terrorism charges against Pakistan’s Imran Khan

By Munir Ahmed - Associated Press

In this 1998 file photo made available on March 19, 2004, Ayman al-Zawahri poses for a photograph in Khost, Afghanistan. Al-Zawahri, the top al-Qaida leader, was killed by the U.S. over the weekend in Afghanistan. President Joe Biden is scheduled to speak about the operation on Monday night, Aug. 1, 2022, from the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Mazhar Ali Khan, File)

Al-Zawahri’s path went from Cairo clinic to top of al-Qaida

By Lee Keath - Associated Press

FILE - Pakistan's Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa arrive to attend a military parade to mark Pakistan National Day in Islamabad, Pakistan, Wednesday, March 23, 2022. Officials say Pakistan’s powerful army chief in a rare move this week, Saturday, July 30, contacted Washington, urging U.S. authorities to use their influence to secure an early release of a key $1.7 billion installment from the International Monetary Fund. The latest development comes as Islamabad struggles to stave off a deepening economic crisis. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed, File)

Pakistan military chief seeks U.S. help on release of IMF loan

By Munir Ahmed - Associated Press

Pakistani mountaineer Samina Baig flashes a victory sign while she poses for a photograph outside a hotel, in Skardu, Pakistan, on June 17, 2021. Baig from Pakistan and another from Iran appear to be the first females from their countries to reach the top of K2, one of the world's highest and most dangerous summits, a mountaineering official said Friday, July 22, 2022. (AP Photo/M.Z. Balti)

Women climbers from Pakistan and Iran reach K2 summit

By Munir Ahmed - Associated Press

An investor monitors a stock index on a screen while brokers work at their desks at the Pakistan Stock Exchange, which responded positively after the news of an International Monetary Fund bailout package, in Karachi, Pakistan, Thursday, July 14, 2022. The IMF said Thursday it had reached a preliminary agreement with Pakistan to revive a $6 billion bailout package for this impoverished Islamic nation, which has been facing a serious economic crisis since last year. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

IMF reaches preliminary deal with Pakistan on $6B bailout

By Munir Ahmed - Associated Press

A man stands among destruction after an earthquake in Gayan village, in Paktika province, Afghanistan, Thursday, June 23, 2022. A powerful earthquake struck a rugged, mountainous region of eastern Afghanistan early Wednesday, flattening stone and mud-brick homes in the country's deadliest quake in two decades, the state-run news agency reported. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Nooroozi)

Aftershock in Afghanistan as quake toll rises to 1,150 dead

By Ebrahim Noroozi - Associated Press