At least 178 people have been killed and more than 1.5 million affected due to floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains across Pakistan, officials said on 26.8.2013.
Most of the victims are from Punjab and Sindh, the two largest provinces considered the backbone of Pakistan's agrarian economy.
Kamran Zia, spokesman of National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), told PTI that more than half of affected people were evacuated as part of preventive measures to save them from floods.
"So far 178 people have been killed and over 1.5 million displaced but there is no need to panic as the situation is well under control," Zia said.
Pakistan's worst floods in 2010 killed over 1,700 people and displaced more than 20 million.
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