Why is the world unmoved by the plight of Pakistan?
Both the rescued and the stranded are hot and angry, tired and bewildered, having seen their livelihoods destroyed and struggling now with just the barest of assistance from the authorities. Even if they had heard the news, few would have been moved by President’s Asif Ali Zardari’s belated return to the country and his appearance at a photo opportunity yesterday in the south, where he handed out supplies. Here, amid the small villages west of the city of Multan, home of the country’s Prime Minister, Yousaf Gilani, everyone tells the same story as to what happened four days ago: the waters came silently during the night, like a thief slipping into the village. Those who heeded warnings of the anticipated surge had gathered together what they could, and moved themselves to higher ground. Others awoke to find themselves scrambling for their lives amid a landscape of shimmering water where once there had been fields. All they could do was wait for the rescue boats. The boat which The Inde
