Six weeks ago floods began to engulf Pakistan. Since then, more than 1,750 people have been killed and at least 10 million people have been forced from their homes � many areas are still under water. The BBC’s Aleem Maqbool has been tracing the path of the destruction by traveling the length of the country on the Indus river. Lisa Mullins talks with him.
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