09-14-2010, 12:20 PM
LONDON: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf Chairman Imran Khan has said the world has failed to understand the true extent of the flood catastrophe in Pakistan and warned the West that the stability of the country could be under threat if enough aid was not provided.
In an interview with The Times the cricketer-turned politician said there are 20 million hungry people and with the Pakistan Army busy in relief and rehabilitation, the state will not be able to maintain 40,000 troops to fight the war on terror. “The situation could lead to famine. It could lead to hyper-inflation. It could lead to our currency breaking down. Our national cash crop, cotton, is already 20 to 30 percent gone. In the floods, 80 percent of those worst hit were subsistence farmers. The loss is devastating to our agricultural-based economy.
In an interview with The Times the cricketer-turned politician said there are 20 million hungry people and with the Pakistan Army busy in relief and rehabilitation, the state will not be able to maintain 40,000 troops to fight the war on terror. “The situation could lead to famine. It could lead to hyper-inflation. It could lead to our currency breaking down. Our national cash crop, cotton, is already 20 to 30 percent gone. In the floods, 80 percent of those worst hit were subsistence farmers. The loss is devastating to our agricultural-based economy.