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Unicef says a year after Pakistan’s catastrophic floods millions of children still need urgent aid
EMERGENCY: Rescue workers help villagers evacuate from a flooded area of Bahawalnagar district in Pakistan's Punjab province

by Roger McKenzie

International editor

THE United Nations children’s agency warned on Friday that a year on from Pakistan’s devastating floods, an estimated four million children continue to be in urgent need of humanitarian assistance.

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