Blame game is on in the face of misery

Source: Dawn

Date: Aug 11, 2010

ISLAMABAD, Aug 10: With worst ever floods in Pakistan’s history wreaking havoc across the country, some of the government agencies are engaged in an internal blame game about the warning mechanism and flood management, suggesting that human leniency might have contributed to the catastrophe.

Informed sources told Dawn that officials of some government agencies were seen passing on to each other the blame for slow response to emerging floods at a recent meeting held at the Prime Minister’s Secretariat. The meeting was informed about heavy material damage to defence facilities and reserves in Nowshera (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) as a result of inundation and flooding...

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