In the face of one of the country's most devastating flood seasons, a public and unseemly war of words has erupted between the PPP and PML-N. Instead of presenting a united front to aid millions of affected citizens, PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari and Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz have chosen to politicise relief efforts, and in the process, failing the very people they claim they are trying to help.

The core of this political conflict is not about the most effective mechanism for aid, but rather about claiming credit and........

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