Monday, September 6, 2010

Pakistan Flood Aids Crosses $800 Million

August 22, 2010 by Fatima Paracha  
Filed under Top news, World

ShareOver $800 million has been donated or pledged to help Pakistan’s flood victims, the foreign minister said on Sunday. This brings a small hope for the hundreds of thousands of people who have been a part of the worst floods in decades which has destroyed villages, bridges and roads and left more than 4 million homeless [...]

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IMF cancels $268 million Haiti debt and provide aid

July 22, 2010 by Fatima Paracha  
Filed under Money, World

ShareThe IMF announced on Wednesday that it had  canceled Haiti’s $268 million debt and will lend the earthquake-devastated country another $60 million to help it with reconstruction plans. The decision was a part of a plan for long-term reconstruction after the Jan. 12 magnitude-7 quake, which killed as many as 300,000 people in Haiti, IMF [...]

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