Calling the incessant monsoon rains a `climate-inducted humanitarian crisis of epic proportions`, the Pakistan government on August 25, 2022 officially declared a `national emergency` in light of the rain-induced floods which have so far killed 1000 people.
Former U.S. President George H. W. Bush was appointed by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan as the Special Envoy for the South Asian Earthquake Disaster after the devastating 2005 quake in Pakistan
Arrived in Pakistan on January 16, 2006,
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The significant earthquake that prompted major UNO relief efforts, particularly in 2005 in Pakistan/Kashmi
Magnitude: 7.6.
Date: October 8, 2005.
Occurred at 08:50:39 Pakistan Standard Time
More than 80,000 people perished as a result of the quake,
