Agencies say Pakistan flood aid 'drying up'

Vital flood relief efforts for five million people affected by floods in Pakistan's south could be cut because of a shortfall of foreign donations, international aid groups have warned.

Less than a third, about 27 per cent, of a $357m floods appeal by the United Nations for 2011 has so far been met.

Oxfam, Save the Children, CARE, and the umbrella group the Agency for Technical Co-operation and Development (ACTED), have all urged donors to give more or see aid work grind to a halt.    Read More