UN: Two million children in flood-hit Pakistan missing school

Flood-affected children attend school organised by Islamic group Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan in Sukkur (Fareed Khan/AP)

Two million children in areas of Pakistan devastated by summer floods are still missing school, the UN children’s agency said.

The deluge, which began in mid-June, damaged or destroyed nearly 27,000 school buildings, Unicef said, adding it will likely be weeks or months before flood waters completely subside.