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By Editor, Dawn, Pakistan
Sep 13 2016 (Dawn, Pakistan)

In the province of Sindh, Pakistan, rain is no longer a source of happiness, it is rather, a source of fear. “In the past, the climate was not so cruel”, Haji Qasim, a local villager explains. As ongoing drought threatens the future of land cultivation and livestock in rural villages in the region, survival is no longer guaranteed to these victims of harsh climate change.

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