UN chief visits damaged world heritage site Mohenjo Daro.

MOHENJO DARO -- United Nations Secretary-General (UNSG) Antonio Guterres on Saturday visited the UNESCO world heritage archeological site Mohenjo Daro that was badly damaged due to floods and heavy rains, ARY News reported.

Sindh Minister for Culture and Tourism Syed Sardar Shah briefed him about the preservation work of the Mohenjo Daro sites. The minister told Guterres that the archeological site had received 943milimetres of rain in the past two months.

Talking to the media, the UNSG reiterated that Pakistan had no capacity to rebuilding and reconstruction and urged the global community to play its role in this regard.

He said the recent floods in Pakistan had been the result of climate change and the country was among the top countries that had been facing the adverse impacts of such phenomenon.

Record monsoon rains and glacier melt in the country's northern mountains have triggered floods that have killed at least 1,391 people, sweeping away houses, roads, railway tracks, bridges, livestock and crops.

During his visit to flood-affected areas in Sindhtoday, Antonio Guterres has once again urged the international community to support flood-hit Pakistan as the...

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