Pakisatn News: A meeting is being held between Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon who reached Pakistan this morningSunday.
The PM thanked Ban for taking personal interest in the flood crises facing the country. Sources said that both the men would discuss the flood situation and the destruction the natural calamity caused across the country. Earlier, UN chief Ban Ki-moon arrived in Islamabad to visit areas devastated by the country's worst floods in history and to hold talks on relief efforts. He was greeted by Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi at Chaklala Airbase. Ban told reporters that he was in Pakistan to share the 'sympathy and solidarity' of the United Nations with the people and government of Pakistan. 'I'm here also to urge the world community to speed up their assistance to the Pakistani people,' he said. 'We will try to mobilise all necessary assistance and remember that the whole world is behind the people of Pakistan in this time of trial'. Up to 20 million people face direct or indirect harm. The United Nations believes 1,600 people have died, while Islamabad has confirmed 1,343 deaths. Ban would carry out an aerial view of the affected areas along with President Zardari besides visiting some relief camps in southern Punjab. The UN chief would also hold a joint press briefing with Zardari sometime in evening today.
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