Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said Pakistan needs billions of dollars to rebuild the country after calamitous floods uprooted 33 million people.
In an interview with Financial Times, he said we need huge sums of money for rebuilding roads, bridges and other infrastructure damaged or washed away in recent floods.
He said we are not asking for rescheduling of our debt, but we ask for climate justice.
The Prime Minister said there is a gap between our demands and what we have received so far. He hinted that failure of the international community to rally resources can fuel political instability in the country.
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Shehbaz Sharif said Pakistan has been tapping state coffers to help displaced families and buy provisions such as tents, medicine, food packs and drinkable water.
He said Pakistan would also seek additional funding from wherever we can. He said Pakistan is in a war against climate change-induced havoc, and it has become a victim. He further said that tomorrow another country can be a victim of this and we don’t want that to happen.
