Another Take: Why hasn't Pakistan recovered from its catastrophic floods?
The Take
Al Jazeera
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🗓️ 23 August 2025
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
Every Saturday, we revisit a story from the archives. This originally aired on February 22, 2023. None of the dates, titles, or other references from that time have been changed.
Pakistan is still reeling from 2022’s deadly floods, which put a third of the country underwater. Though the country has barely contributed to climate change, its people are still paying the price. Six months on from the worst of the devastation, people across the country are still displaced and they’re facing knock-on effects of the floods on their health. The international community pledged $9 billion to aid Pakistan in rebuilding at the beginning of this year, but experts on the ground say it will be of little use if it doesn’t arrive soon. So is the international community doing enough to help?
In this episode:
- Zuha Siddiqui (@SiddiquiZuha), Journalist
- Taimur Khan Jhagra (@Jhagra), Former Health & Finance Minister, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- Ed Taylor, Emergency Response Coordinator, Doctors Without Borders
Episode credits:
This episode was updated by Tamara Khandaker. The original production team was Ashish Malhotra, Amy Walters, Chloe K. Li, and our guest host, Halla Mohieddeen.
Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our engagement producers are Adam Abou-Gad and Vienna Maglio. Aya Elmileik is lead of audience engagement. Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer, and Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera’s head of audio.
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| 0:00.0 | Al Jazeera Podcasts. |
| 0:07.0 | Hey, I'm Tamara Kondokar. |
| 0:12.0 | I'm a producer with the take, back with another take, where we revisit stories from our archives. |
| 0:18.0 | Pakistan is once again reeling from deadly floods caused by torrential |
| 0:25.1 | rains and sudden cloud bursts that have killed nearly 400 people since August 14th and more than 700 |
| 0:32.4 | since June. Experts point to heavier monsoon rains and rapid glacial melt, both fueled by climate change, |
| 0:40.3 | and warn, these events are only going to become more frequent and more severe. |
| 0:46.4 | It's a disaster with haunting echoes of what happened just three years ago when Pakistan saw |
| 0:53.2 | the worst flooding in its history. |
| 0:55.0 | More than 1,700 people killed and an estimated $40 billion in damage. |
| 1:01.0 | In early 2023, six months after those floods, we reported on why recovery was so difficult. |
| 1:09.0 | Today, we're bringing that episode back,, as experts warn, the rain that's still to come |
| 1:15.3 | this year could bring flooding on a similar scale. |
| 1:18.3 | And the same questions we asked back then about climate adaptation and international |
| 1:23.9 | responsibility are just as urgent today. |
| 1:27.9 | This episode originally aired February 22nd, 2023. |
| 1:32.5 | All dates and references are from that time. |
| 1:42.3 | They were the worst floods Pakistan has ever seen. |
| 1:48.4 | Dorential rains have led to flooding. |
| 1:50.6 | Villages have been submerged, farmlands destroyed. |
| 1:53.3 | Survivors describe what is happening in Pakistan as the end of days. |
| 2:01.3 | Last year's floods killed more than 1,700 people and displaced millions. |
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