PM directs foreign ministry to urgently ‘escalate humanitarian assistance’ for rain-hit Gaza
<p>Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Monday he had directed the foreign ministry to pursue all possible means to urgently “escalate humanitarian assistance” to Gaza, where heavy rains have flooded tens of thousands of tents housing displaced Palestinians.</p> <p>The Gaza government media office said on Sunday that at least 70,000 tents had been flooded i