Shazad Akbar carries his four-year-old daughter as he and his wife wade through knee-high water in Surjani, a poor part of Pakistan's port city of Karachi. This year's monsoon is being felt hardest in cities, where poor infrastructure and services lead to clogged drains and culverts. "People pray for rain, it's a blessing", says one resident, "but here it causes trouble". IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES