Salman Rafi Sheikh is a researcher with the School of Oriental and African Studies of the University of London and the author of "The Genesis of Baloch Nationalism: Politics and Ethnicity in Pakistan, 1947-1977."
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Climate change not only reason for Pakistan's flooding toll
Political parties' failure to empower local authorities left millions helpless
Residents walk through flood water as they head to their villages in Sehwan, Pakistan on Sept. 6: Empowered authorities on the ground could have better handled evacuations. © Reuters
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