International Journal of English Literature and Culture
 

International Journal of English Literature and Culture

Vol. 3(6), pp. 160-167, June, 2015

 ISSN: 2360-7831

DOI: 10.14662/IJELC2015.037

Research Paper

Pakistan’s flooding of July-August 2010: not only a natural Disaster

Syed Iazaz Ahmad Bukhari¹and Professor Dr. Shahid Hassan Rizvi²

¹PhD Scholar at the Islamia University of Bahawalpur, (Visiting facility member IUB, ex-Assistant Professor SPS, and ex- Faculty Member Aitchison College Lahore.

²Chairman the Department of Pakistan Studies & History, Islamia University of Bahawalpur.

Accepted 2 July 2015

Pakistan is a flood prone country on the globe. Over the last 37 years quantitatively Pakistan has faced 17 floods of various magnitudes and among these 50 percent has been classified as major floods. After the mega flood of 1929, another ‘super flood’ struck the lands of Pakistan during 2010. The present study is an attempt to explore the shocking impact of floods and the involvement of man for the serious devastation due to floods. It is a historically proven fact that not only in Pakistan at different intervals of time man has caused flooding at different intensities by indulging in various malpractices. The study also tries to identify where man is consciously involved and where unconsciously -lack of planning, mismanagement and lack of resources- causing floods. The study also tries to suggest how we can protect Pakistan from such hazards in future.

Key Words: inundations, magnitudes, merciless, damages.

 

Cite This Article As: Bukhari SIA, Rizvi SH (2015). Pakistan’s flooding of July-August 2010: not only a natural Disaster. Inter. J. Eng. Lit. Cult. 3(6): 160-167

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