Pakistan’s deadliest floods cost a heavy toll of life and property losses in the flood ridden areas. All efforts of the Government to fight against natural calamities were proved futile due to overwhelming destruction caused by the recent floods. Pakistan mostly relied on reactive policy in handling various disasters, focusing on relief and rehabilitation measures. Present floods are considered to be one of the most horrific of all the recent disasters, claiming substantial losses to human lives and property. The civil administration and its infrastructure almost vanished and were totally overpowered by the overwhelming destruction of recent floods. More than 1650 people lost their life and almost 2,500,000 were internally displaced. Losses to human life and property are magnifying with each coming days due to health problems, shortage of food and deprivation of flood victims from their source of earnings. In the succeeding paragraphs, an overview of world opinion is recorded:

• The United Nations has rated the floods in Pakistan as the greatest humanitarian crisis in recent history. Already, more people have been affected in Pakistan than 2004 South-East Asian tsunami and the recent earthquakes in Kashmir and Haiti combined.

• Only a fraction of the people needing aid has been contacted by emergency crews. In the 10 days following the initial flood waves, the Government managed to distribute only 10,000 food packs, which contained a box of dried milk, and a few bottles of water and Pepsi. These packages were meant to feed 80,000 people, leaving 1,720,000 without any type of aid.

• The destruction is enormous and preys on the weak. Reports indicate 62,000 square miles of land have been affected, about one-fifth of the entire country. Of the 15 million people seriously affected, about 50 percent are children.