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Zareef Baloch

Quetta: Yar Mohammad Sakim, a 60-year-old farmer from Kech, is one of the victims of recent Monsoon flood devastations in Balochistan. Sakim’s date palm farms have been ruined which was his major source of income to sponsor his family members.

Standing near his home garden farm, Sakim told The PenPK.com that every year, he used to earn Rs500,000 to Rs600,000 from his home garden; but this year torrential rains and devastated floods have washed away everything. Sakim’s palm and date crops have been ruined, leaving him dependent on charity food and other stuff.

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Sadia Khalid

Islamabad: The Wakhis settlements are located on the border areas of Afghanistan, China, Pakistan, and Tajikistan. As it is a semi-pastoral society dependent on livestock and agriculture, the members of this community had historically been in search of highlands and meadows, owing to scarce resources at hand to survive.  Historians also claim that ancestral traces of Wakhi community link to Iran and Wakhan corridor.

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