Pakistan Diverts Balochistan Flood Funds, Leaving Families Without Homes

In 2022, very big floods destroyed many homes in a part of Pakistan called Balochistan.

The World Bank gave money to help families build new, stronger houses.

Later, Pakistan changed the plan and decided to spend some of that money on other things, like roads.

Because of this, more than 134,000 families may not get the homes they were promised.

Some people said there were problems with the way the building programme was handled.

For example, there were reports of fake records and people being paid more than once for the same house.

Officials also disagreed about how many houses were actually finished.

Some said 15,000 houses were built, but official papers only showed 8,694.

Leaders have now asked for an independent inquiry to check what really happened.

Meanwhile, many families who lost their homes are still waiting for a safe place to live.