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Pakistan gets total pledges of $8.57 billion for flood recovery

France's President Emmanuel Macron addresses a summit on climate resilience in Pakistan via video message, months after deadly floods in the country, at the United Nations, in Geneva, Switzerland, January 9, 2023. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

Pakistan has already received total pledges of $8.57 billion for helping in flood recovery at a conference in Geneva, information minister Marriyum Aurangzeb said on Monday.

The pledges received are higher than the amount sought initially, with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif saying the South Asian nation needed $8 billion over the next three years, as officials from some 40 countries as well as private donors and international financial institutions meet in Geneva.

(Reporting by Asif Shahzad, writing by Tanvi Mehta, Editing by Alex Richardson)

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