Flood Survivors Forage for Aid in Pakistan - NYTimes.com - http://www.nytimes.com/2010...
"LAHORE, Pakistan — With disastrous flooding spreading yet more widely in Pakistan, reports of looting and protests over food on Tuesday deepened the sense of desperation across Punjab Province, the country’s most populous region and its agricultural hub...As many as 8.5 million people in Punjab have been affected, and property damage is in the hundreds of millions of dollars, the chief minister, Shahbaz Sharif told reporters...“Drinking water and food are the major issues,” Mr. Dasti said. “People are looting and snatching food from trucks because they are hungry and there is no system for relief.”Mr. Dasti called for a coordinated relief effort to reach people in the Muzaffargarh area. “The law and order is not good and it will be worsening,” he said. " - Lit