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The floods in Pakistan have created havoc and catastrophic misery for the people of this vast land. You may help the suffering humanity in this country by donating to the Prime Minister’s Flood Relief Fund Account -2022. The UN Secretary-General António Guterres visited Pakistan to mobilize help for millions of people affected by devastating monsoon floods. UN Secretary-General and PM Shehbaz Sharif Press Conference link    • UN Secretary-General and PM Shehbaz Sharif...   The UN Secretary-General appealed to the International community “I want to say a few words to the international community. Pakistan needs massive financial support to respond to this crisis that has cost, according to some estimates I have heard today, about $30 billion and counting,” Guterres insisted that extending support to Pakistan would not just be expressing solidarity but doing justice to a country that was the frontline state of the negative fallout of climate change. “Humanity has declared a war on nature and nature has struck back. But nature is blind it is not striking back on those who contributed more to the war on nature,” he said. He said Pakistan had contributed little to climate change but Pakistan was one of the most dramatically impacted hotspots of the consequence of climate change. “So it’s like nature has attacked the wrong one. It should be at those who are more responsible for climate change,” The UNSG said there was an obligation of the international community to support Pakistan massively in the present circumstances. Nearly 1,400 people have died in flooding that covers a third of the country -- an area the size of the United Kingdom -- wiping out crops and destroying homes, businesses, roads and bridges. "This is insanity, this is collective suicide," Guterres told a news conference in the federal capital, lamenting the lack of attention the world gave to climate change -- particularly the industrialized nations that scientists blame. As many as 33 million people were affected by the natural disaster, with people losing not just homes but their livelihood too. The scale of the devastation seems to have surpassed the “super floods” of 2010 as at that time Pakistan suffered losses of close to $10 billion. While the government’s revised estimate suggested the direct and indirect losses could be in the range of $20 billion, the UN Secretary-General at a news conference with Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif came up with a figure of a whopping $30 billion. "I appeal for massive support from the international community as Pakistan responds to this climate catastrophe," he added.