As the headline says recent floods in Pakistan have proved that whole world is sick of them and want Pakistan to suffer then helping the poor and destroyed by flood people in Pakistan.
With money hungry leaders, government, army and other Muslim countries keeping quiet when it comes to donation and helping their own brothers and sisters.
It seems like every one now know that what the Pakistan government is going to do with all the aid money and funds…….Build more bombs and breed more terrorists and terror around the world and against India.
Below are the comments from the people around the globe about the situation:
No wonder no-one wants to know when Pakistan turns a blind eye to the terrorism emanating from the country
- Mullarkian, York, 17/8/2010 14:37
Very sad. But 1/ this country’s leaders are some of the most corrupt around and they have squandered millions instead of helping their own people. 2/ Where are the Muslim countries when their own need help. Hmm very quiet. But why has this government never learnt from the past? Sorry but I have limited sympathy for Pakistan, they fate is in their own hands. Rains are nothing new. Maybe their government should be focussing on the important things in their country and forget the Bomb!!
- George, Shanghai, 17/8/2010 14:21
perhaps the international population are reluctant to donate money to a country that breeds and harbours terrorists. it is about time that Politicians in the west stop financing and appeasing countries who do not give a care about non-muslims. Tell them to stop financing nuclear bombs and use the money instead to build a better environment for themselves without the help of suckers in the UK and US
- not a racist, stirlingshire, 17/8/2010 14:19
Oh dear. Use some of the money being used for the phoney war in Afghanistan and bring all our soldiers home. Red arrows folks!
- Union Jack, Staffs, 17/8/2010 14:17
It is a calamity. But the problem is that Pakistani leadership always seem not to be able to talk without the begging bowl out. This happened during the Musharaf years, as well as with the current government.
As other viewers have asked – where is the BILLIONS in aid being given going? They seem to have enough money to build and upgrade their nukes, how come they do not have the resources to provide aid and shelter to heir own kith and kin?
- sapper, Ridgefield, CT, USA, 17/8/2010 14:07
I wonder to what extent overseas generosity is affected by the uncertainty whether money, or in kind aid, will end up in the pockets of corrupt politicians and powerful land owners. Transparency International does, after all rate Pakistan as one of the most corrupt countries on the planet
- mel, Not in the UK, 17/8/2010 14:04
| Annie Kate | August 2nd, 2010 3:53 pm ET The pictures of the Pakistan flood are a tremendous witness to the suffering resulting from this act of nature. Another country that is also suffering but from record heat and the fires it has created in the forests and the peat bogs as well as killing a substantial portion of their wheat crop is Russia. It seems that this year nature has been particularly hard on the residents of its planet from earthquakes to wildfires to flooding to hurricanes, etc. Thank you for showing the pictures from Pakistan. |
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| me | August 2nd, 2010 4:12 pm ET Speechless,smthing really has to give with the climatic changes affecting the earth as a result of our destructive;all consumin nature.We mustn’t b cavaliar bout the butterfly.I feel 4 the families out in z cold. |
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| Soni | August 2nd, 2010 4:34 pm ET Such a sad news. Hope relief agencies reach their on time. |
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| Yasir Imran | August 2nd, 2010 4:56 pm ET It was very sad, International community should donate funds to help the victims. |
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| Muriel | August 2nd, 2010 7:13 pm ET This is happing all over the world now. We had it in the United States 6 years ago, now the other portion of the world is getting it. Good report Anderson as always. |
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| rachel berndt | August 5th, 2010 12:01 am ET I am seriously praying for Pakistan. Pakistan: the only Holy God of Israel LOVES you. We are praying for you in God’s Holy Power and Love. http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2010/08/02/gallery-pakistan-floods-kill-over-1000/Jason Thomas: Sorry but didnt the US just authorise USD7.5b to Pakistan over the next five years? This is on top of the USD10b that was given to Pakistan during the Bush Administration. Posted by Jason Thomas | August 12, 2010 6:30 AM Anon part 2: nice comments guys.. really… lets stop to think for a second that it was the U.S that forced pakistan to help them with this b.s “war on terror” aka as war supported by the brain washed people who do not know what their country is really fighting for. since pakistan is helping the u.s by assigning troops to the norther part of pakistan to fight the taliban, the people of pakistan do no trust their government and now pakistan has more than 30 terrorist groups. So it is definetely up to you the u.s to help out pakistan because they need pakistan to be one of their many puppet countries. How about we all blame our problems on “terrorist and taliban” Posted by Anon part 2 | August 13, 2010 4:09 PM anon part 4: money does not seem to work to make pakistan to be a puppet. money cannot even make pakistan stop supporting jihadi group that are attacking us. so go figure Posted by anon part 4 | August 16, 2010 6:34 PM http://smallwarsjournal.com/blog/2010/08/pakistan-floods-how-to-help/This comment has been removed by a moderator. Replies may also be deleted.
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Megacities of Future
Over the next two decades, the world will see a burst of urban expansion at a speed and on a scale never before witnessed in human history. But not all the world will take part. When you hear about the coming urban age, it’s really a story about rising Asia and the two countries that will define this new era of the megacity: China and India. Half of Asia will become urbanized, and nearly a billion people will shift from countryside to cityscape. Trillions of dollars will need to be spent on roads, trains, power plants, water systems, and social services. And it’s going to happen in less than half the time that it took the West. China and India will account for two-fifths of the world’s urban growth, but they are pursuing wildly different strategies for managing this shift. Beijing’s approach is systematic: The government has invested ahead, allocated land, plotted out transportation networks, and given its cities the freedom to raise capital. New Delhi, meanwhile, hasn’t done enough to prepare. So while China has embraced a future of office parks and high-speed rail, India is just waking up to its new urban reality. 
Who Goes Where
In just two decades, China will have a whopping 44 urban areas boasting populations larger than 4 million. India will have 11 such cities. Who will live there? In China, the answer is simple: migrants from rural areas. Growth in India’s cities, by contrast, will mainly be organic. The country’s population is also much younger than China’s. A mere 16 percent of India’s population will be over 55 in 20 years, while 28 percent of China’s will be. 
What Needs Building?
It’s the stuff of dreams for developers and construction companies. If current trends hold, China will need 40 billion square meters of combined residential and commercial floor space over the next 20 years — equivalent to adding one New York every two years. India, on the other hand, needs to start building between 700 million and 900 million square meters of combined residential and commercial space each year — equivalent to adding more than two Mumbais or one Chicago each year. 
Transportation
China has the potential to revolutionize mass transit — it already has plans for building new metros, highways, and high-speed trains in its top 170 cities. In fact, Beijing has already begun investing heavily in this sector; between 2004 and 2006 alone, spending on urban transportation increased almost 50 percent. New Delhi’s spending on transportation infrastructure, however, needs to pick up urgently. At its current rate of metro and road construction, India is headed for gridlock on a massive scale. The country needs to build 350 to 400 kilometers of metro rail every year to keep up with its current standards — but that’s more than 20 times the capacity that has been built in the past decade. 
Energy
It’s hard to understate what a massive impact the coming urbanization in China and India will have on energy markets. Demand for power in China’s cities will more than double from today’s level, accounting for roughly 20 percent of global energy consumption. Meeting that need will call for huge investments in coal, of which China is already the largest international buyer. India’s power targets are also ambitious; the country hopes to add 62,000 megawatts to its grid by 2012. If trends continue, India’s carbon dioxide emissions will grow nearly sevenfold by 2030, while China’s will nearly double. 
The Price Tag
Urban growth will come with a high price tag — a whopping $35-$40 trillion in China and $2.2 trillion in India over the coming two decades. In addition to all the building and public infrastructure, China and India will need to invest heavily in delivering services — everything from education to health care to social security. As China’s over-65 population more than doubles and migrants flood its cities, government spending on health care will struggle to keep up, rising from 19 percent to 21 percent of GDP. Even with China’s massive economic growth, paying the bill won’t be easy. Many of Chi-na’s largest cities are self-sufficient, but other smaller and newer areas are already running deficits. India’s urban spending, meanwhile, is already very low by international standards. 
What Will It Be Like to Live There?
The megacity will be home to China’s and India’s growing middle classes — creating consumer markets larger than to-day’s Japan and Spain, respectively. In China, the number of urban middle-class households will quintuple; in India it will grow nearly fourfold. India’s wealthiest urban households — those earning more than 1 million rupees a year (about $22,000) — could number 11 million, more than the total number of households in Australia today. In both countries, the wealth gap between rural and urban areas will grow with urbanization. Urban GDP per capita will exceed rural GDP by 3.5 times in China and more than five times in India. 
Jobs
Jobs in the cities will be more prevalent, productive, and lucrative in urban China and India than in rural areas. China’s ranks of university graduates — growing by 26 percent annually — will mostly work in cities, which will compete to recruit their skills. In India, three-quarters of new urban jobs will be in the service sector. 
Traffic Nightmare
Even if China and India build roads and metro rail as fast as practically possible, they still won’t be able to match the soaring rates of car ownership and urban growth. The number of vehicles in China, for example, has grown three times faster than the capacity of roads over the last 20 years. In Beijing, traffic speed has already dropped to less than half of London’s. India’s predicament is even worse; if the country invests in its urban infrastructure at the predicted rate — an estimated $300 billion over 20 years — traffic across the country could literally come to a standstill. 
Service Gap
China’s biggest urban challenge may be water; already, it has little to spare. Some 70 percent of water use today traces back to agriculture, but demand from urban consumers and commercial enterprise is on the rise. Even if the sheer amount of water isn’t the problem, location will be; the country will need to spend more than $120 billion on water systems in the coming years to transport, store, and manage supplies. In India, service delivery will fall woefully short of demand in coming years across most urban infrastructure sectors. http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/08/16/prime_numbers_megacities?page=0,0
Anon:
Simpler way, Pakistan cuts back on the corruption, stealing, and money to the Taliban and diverts it for a couple weeks to helping their own citizens.
Posted by Anon | August 12, 2010 5:21 AM