Pakistanis criticize government response to flooding that has killed more than 800 people

Pakistanis criticize government response to floods

PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Residents of Pakistan’s northwest have criticized the government’s response to devastating flooding that has killed more than 800 people.

Hakimullah Khan, a resident of Charsadda town, said Sunday that he hasn’t received any help in tracking down his missing wife and three children.

Sehar Ali Shah, who returned to a house filled with water in Nowshera city, complained the government didn’t provide evacuees a shelter where they could stay until flood waters recede.

The government has deployed more than 30,000 army troops to help with the rescue and relief effort. Authorities had evacuated 19,000 trapped people by Saturday night.

But the U.N. estimated that some 1 million people nationwide were affected by the disaster.