August 18, 2010 5:52 PM

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Gilani faces embarrassment over dummy relief camps

Pakistan government, reeling under criticism of not moving fast enough on flood relief, has faced another embarrassment with the media reporting that Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has twice visited dummy relief camps.A fortnight after it came to light that a “dummy”relief camp had been set up in a flood-hit area for Gilani'svisit, the Prime Minister faced a similar embarrassment whiletouring an inundated region in northwest Pakistan. During Gilani's visit to Dera Ismail Khan district in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province yesterday, hungry flood-affectedpeople were brought to a hurriedly established relief camp inShorkot area. PTI quoting media reports said that the camp was set up hours before Gilani's visit and hundreds of flood victims waited a long time in the searing heat to get relief material from a truck loaded with flour that was parked by a road. Mr Gilani visited the camp for a few minutes, asked an old man a few questions about the cost of rebuilding a two-room house and left without distributing any cheques or announcing any measures for affected people.

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