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Pakistani PM says his flooded country faces food shortages

A woman and child rest next to their home damaged by monsoon rains in Hyderabad, Pakistan, Monday, Sept. 12, 2022. Pakistan is grappling with food shortages after deadly floods left the impoverished country's agriculture belt underwater, the prime minister told the Turkish president by phone, as authorities scaled up efforts Monday to deliver food, tents and other items. (AP Photo/Pervez Masih) A woman and child rest next to their home damaged by monsoon rains in Hyderabad, Pakistan, Monday, Sept. 12, 2022. Pakistan is grappling with food shortages after deadly floods left the impoverished country's agriculture belt underwater, the prime minister told the Turkish president by phone, as authorities scaled up efforts Monday to deliver food, tents and other items. (AP Photo/Pervez Masih) A woman and child rest next to their home damaged by monsoon rains in Hyderabad, Pakistan, Monday, Sept. 12, 2022. Pakistan is grappling with food shortages after deadly floods left the impoverished country's agriculture belt underwater, the prime minister told the Turkish president by phone, as authorities scaled up efforts Monday to deliver food, tents and other items. (AP Photo/Pervez Masih) A woman and child rest next to their home damaged by monsoon rains in Hyderabad, Pakistan, Monday, Sept. 12, 2022. Pakistan is grappling with food shortages after deadly floods left the impoverished country's agriculture belt underwater, the prime minister told the Turkish president by phone, as authorities scaled up efforts Monday to deliver food, tents and other items. (AP Photo/Pervez Masih) A woman and child rest next to their home damaged by monsoon rains in Hyderabad, Pakistan, Monday, Sept. 12, 2022. Pakistan is grappling with food shortages after deadly floods left the impoverished country's agriculture belt underwater, the prime minister told the Turkish president by phone, as authorities scaled up efforts Monday to deliver food, tents and other items. (AP Photo/Pervez Masih) A woman and child rest next to their home damaged by monsoon rains in Hyderabad, Pakistan, Monday, Sept. 12, 2022. Pakistan is grappling with food shortages after deadly floods left the impoverished country's agriculture belt underwater, the prime minister told the Turkish president by phone, as authorities scaled up efforts Monday to deliver food, tents and other items. (AP Photo/Pervez Masih) A woman and child rest next to their home damaged by monsoon rains in Hyderabad, Pakistan, Monday, Sept. 12, 2022. Pakistan is grappling with food shortages after deadly floods left the impoverished country's agriculture belt underwater, the prime minister told the Turkish president by phone, as authorities scaled up efforts Monday to deliver food, tents and other items. (AP Photo/Pervez Masih) A woman and child rest next to their home damaged by monsoon rains in Hyderabad, Pakistan, Monday, Sept. 12, 2022. Pakistan is grappling with food shortages after deadly floods left the impoverished country's agriculture belt underwater, the prime minister told the Turkish president by phone, as authorities scaled up efforts Monday to deliver food, tents and other items. (AP Photo/Pervez Masih) A woman and child rest next to their home damaged by monsoon rains in Hyderabad, Pakistan, Monday, Sept. 12, 2022. Pakistan is grappling with food shortages after deadly floods left the impoverished country's agriculture belt underwater, the prime minister told the Turkish president by phone, as authorities scaled up efforts Monday to deliver food, tents and other items. (AP Photo/Pervez Masih) People cross a river on a suspended cradle, in Kalam Valley in northern Pakistan, Friday, Sept. 9, 2022. Guterres appealed to the world for help for cash-strapped Pakistan after arriving in the country Friday to see the climate-induced devastation from months of deadly record floods. (AP Photo/Naveed Ali) A displaced woman hold her newborn baby as she takes refuge at a temporary tent housing camp for flood victims organized by the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), in Sukkur, Pakistan, Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022. Months of heavy monsoon rains and flooding have killed over a 1000 people and affected 3.3 million in this South Asian nation while half a million people have become homeless. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan) Victims of heavy flooding from monsoon rains take refuge as they drinking tea at a temporary tent housing camp for flood victims organized by the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), in Sukkur, Pakistan, Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022. Months of heavy monsoon rains and flooding have killed over a 1000 people and affected 3.3 million in this South Asian nation while half a million people have become homeless. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan) Victims of heavy flooding from monsoon rains take refuge as they prepare tea at a temporary tent housing camp organized by the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), in Sukkur, Pakistan, Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022. Months of heavy monsoon rains and flooding have killed over a 1000 people and affected 3.3 million in this South Asian nation while half a million people have become homeless. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan) In this handout photo released by Pakistan Prime Minister Office, Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif, center right, and U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, left, interact with children at a school set up at a flood relief camp in Jaffarabad, Pakistan, Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday toured Pakistan's flood-ravaged Sindh and Baluchistan provinces a day after saying the world is obligated to provide "massive" amounts of relief to the impoverished country. (Pakistan Prime Minister Office via AP) Victims of heavy flooding from monsoon rains receive relief aid provided by the Allah-o-Akbar Tehreek political party, in Quetta, Pakistan, Sunday, Sept. 11, 2022. Since June, heavy rains and flooding have added a new level of grief to cash-strapped Pakistan and highlighted the disproportionate effect of climate change on impoverished populations. (AP Photo/Arshad Butt) Victims of heavy flooding from monsoon rains receive relief aid provided by the Allah-o-Akbar Tehreek political party, in Quetta, Pakistan, Sunday, Sept. 11, 2022. Since June, heavy rains and flooding have added a new level of grief to cash-strapped Pakistan and highlighted the disproportionate effect of climate change on impoverished populations. (AP Photo/Arshad Butt)