Opposition slams govt apathy towards flood victims
By Raja Asghar
ISLAMABAD, Aug 15: The opposition in the National Assembly on Wednesday came down on the government for its alleged apathy towards the sufferers of recent rains and floods in Sindh, Balochistan and the NWFP and called for prompt and adequate relief.

There was no defence of the government�s performance from the poorly attended ruling benches at the start of a debate on the flood situation as members of opposition parties cited what they saw as official unconcern and in some cases discrimination on political grounds, whether it was remote Chitral in the NWFP, parts of Balochistan or metropolitan Karachi and other parts of Sindh.

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