Never In Your Wildest Dreams: Help me, Pakistan is Drowning – One Woman’s Desperate Cry to the World for the 21 Million at the Risk of Perishing

BBC, Martha Vineyard Times and the Hindustan Times all told her story. But for the first time, Noor Aftab writes the real life account of her life in 2010 – when U.N. termed it as the greatest tragedy on Earth. The July of 2010 the flood gates of Indus opened, all hell broke loose. 21 Million lives were affected, entire cities were washed away and 3.5 Million children were at acute risk of death. For the first time in the history of the world, water became more expensive than blood as people had to make a horrific choice between drinking the water that had remains of their own loved ones or dying of thirst. The whole Pakistani nation watched in shock and horror waiting for the government, donors and the UN to take action.Not one to wait in these desperate times, Noor a two time award winning investment banker put up her life on hold to help her people. Jumping out of a 6 figure job she landed up in the floods camps where hundreds of happy, settled families were reduced to a picture of deprivation, loss and misery for generations to come. Noor’s account will take you on a fascinating journey. Starting from a single room in her apartment that she used as crisis cell to send desperate SOS calls to the world, Noor will take you across the different parts of the globe as she fought to raise awareness and compassion for the bravest survivors on the planet. Witness her becoming a connection between people giving donations for the ones whose language they did not speak, and whom they probably would never meet.This story will take you through the paths where roads and bridges were completely washed away; across the very camps Hollywood star Angelina Jolie and U.N. Secretary General, Ban Ki Moon visited. It will show you the road map of Malala’s home city, SWAT at the time when her people were desperate beyond measure. Beyond a shadow of doubt, it would transform the way you view life.