Indians want to help Pakistan's flood victims, but...

Flood-ravaged Pakistan may be appealing to the world's generosity but it is not so hard-up as to officially reverse its policy of refusing help from individual Indians in India.

Less than 48 hours after Hollywood star Angelina Jolie asked people everywhere to donate "cash, something, anything to make the situation better" for Pakistan's 21 million flood victims, an official at the Pakistan High Commission in Delhi told TOI it was impossible for Indians to help in any way.

"We are not allowed to accept any aid from India in cash or in kind as there is no channel in place through which the aid from India could be routed to flood victims in Pakistan," said the official, who refused to identify himself but said he was authorized to tell it like it is to anyone who rang to ask. More...

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