Survey shows majority of Pakistan's flood victims are unhappy with performance of state institutions, ruling parties

However, primordial social networks including extended families, friends, and neighbours demonstrated a massive sense of empathy in the wake of recent floods, reports Dawn News.

This was the crux of the assessment survey of Pattan that was conducted during Sept 11-15 by community-based activists at 38 disaster-hit localities of 14 districts of three provinces.

The survey shows most localities were not happy with any of the state institutions.

At three localities, Al-Khidmat Foundation was appreciated, while in a few localities Rescue 1122 and the army were praised.

However, some affected people questioned why state institutions took ‘ages’ to reach the affected people despite having resources.

As many as 23 localities did not mention the name of any institution because no institution played any role in their areas, reports the newspaper.

The survey showed 151 deaths, 51 of them women, 49 men, and 51 children.

The affected localities lost nearly 1,000 cows, 1,200 buffaloes, and more than 3,000 goats and sheep.

In total 5,795 pukka and 7,195 kutcha houses were completely damaged, while nearly 7,000 houses were partially damaged.

Pakistan was ravaged by deadly floods in recent times.

Millions of people in Pakistan are still deeply affected by catastrophic flooding which “is not going anywhere”, UN relief agencies said on Tuesday.

Close to eight million people have been displaced by the disaster and the UN along with the authorities and partners have continued to race to reach affected populations with desperately needed relief items.

Southern Sindh province is still in crisis, with many areas still under water. To date, more than 1,500 people have been killed, including 552 children.

“We don’t have enough food, we don’t have shelter, and still even the kind of healthcare that is required is not available,” said Gerida Birukila, UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Pakistan Chief of Field Office in Balochistan, another of the worst-hit provinces.