A Pakistani minister has called the country’s deadly monsoon season “a serious climate catastrophe” and “a climate dystopia at our doorstep.”

Flash floods, which have intensified in recent days, have swept away

villages, roads, bridges, people, livestock, and crops across all four

provinces. The country’s National Disaster Management Authority said on

Sunday the death toll from the monsoon rains had reached 1,033, with 119

killed in the previous 24 hours. Pakistan has appealed for international help

as soldiers and rescue workers have evacuated stranded people to relief

camps and provided food to thousands of displaced people.

Al Khidmat Foundation is an organisation that is working on the ground

saving lives and assisting the displaced people. Ihtishaam Khaliq Waseer

joins us this morning.