Flood-hit Pakistan deserves more attention and help

A displaced boy who fled his flood-hit home carries food rations as he wades through a flooded area on the outskirts of Peshawar, Pakistan on Aug. 28. Over 1,500 have died in the flooding since mid-June. (AP)

My dad was visibly irritated as he stared at the 105.6-carat oval diamond with its placard describing the British monarchy’s take on how the Koh-i-Noor ended up in England and, eventually, in the Queen Mother’s Crown.

“Gift from India? Liars!” his voice rose in Urdu, scaring away other tourists in the Tower of London that summer afternoon in 1988. “They stole it and have the nerve to call it a gift!”