UN Appeals $120 Million More to Assist Pakistan Flood Victims

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has asked for an extra $120 million for tents and other supplies for flood victims in Pakistan

The UN has warned that floods in Pakistan have also destroyed seeds and crops that will cause an increase in food prices in the country.

At least 8 million people reportedly rely on aid to survive, six weeks after monsoon rains caused a deluge in Pakistan.

About 7.9 million acres of land - 14 percent of Pakistan's entire cultivated land have been damaged due to heavy floods.

According to the United Nations, the heavy flood in Pakistan that hit the country after the Indus river burst its banks, has left more than 1,600 dead and more than 6 million homeless, affecting at least 17 million people in the country.

Meanwhile, while the country is troubled by flood crisis, 21 people were killed and 70 others were wounded yesteday in a bomb attack targeting police residential colony in Pakistan's Kohat area.

Pakistan's law enforcement personnel have cordoned off the entire area.

Militants have launched a series of attacks in the past week as Muslims mark the final days of the holy month of Ramadan.