Pak Defence Minister Calls Floods A ‘Blessing’: “Store Water In Tubs”
Islamabad:
Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has a bizarre solution to tackle Pakistan’s flood situation. He wants Pakistanis living in low-lying areas to “store” the flood waters in containers, rather than letting it go to drains. He also asked people to see the flooding as a “blessing”.
Over 2.4 million people have been affected, and over a thousand villages have been submerged as record-breaking monsoon rains unleash devastating floods across Pakistan’s Punjab province.
Speaking at an interview with Pakistan’s Dunya News, Asif said, “People who are protesting against the flood-like situation should take the flood waters home.”
“People should store this water at their homes, in tubs, and containers. We should look at this water in the form of a blessing and hence should store it,” he added.
