Pakistan floods: International aid pours in as death toll crosses 1,200-mark
A new cargo plane is being flown in by a humanitarian airlift to flood-ravaged Pakistan, officials said, with the death toll exceeding 1,200 and families and children at risk of illness and homelessness. The ninth flight from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the first flight from Uzbekistan made the final landing in Islamabad, where military-assisted rescue operations elsewhere in Islamabad reached more than 3 million people affected by the disaster. Many officials have blamed climate change for the unusual monsoons and floods, including UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who earlier this week urged the world to end the "silence" over the deadly crisis. Pakistan's foreign ministry said in a statement on Friday that the plane had brought food, medicine and tents. Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif was due to visit the United Arab Emirates on Saturday, but postponed the trip to visit flood-hit areas at home. So far, Pakistan has received support from China, Saudi