The widespread drought in Pakistan this year has caused severe damage in the southern province of Sindh and the southwestern province of Baluchistan, killing more than 140 people and adversely affecting some two million, a report by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs stated on Wednesday. The report cited estimates by the Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) that there could be a third less water available this year than the average for the last 10 years, a bleak picture given that a water shortage of about 22 percent last year had crippled life in southern Punjab and upper Sindh areas. [For further details, see full report at: http://www.reliefweb.int/w/rwb.nsf/ByCountry/]
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