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 [...]
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 [...]







