The 400 residents of Basti Ahmad Din, a tiny Pakistani village left surrounded by floodwater after torrential monsoon rains, are facing starvation and disease. But they have refused pleas to evacuate. Leaving for a relief camp would mean the women of the village mingling with men outside their families, residents told AFP, and that would violate their "honour". The women of Basti Ahmad Din do not get a say. "We are Baloch. Baloch don't allow their women to go out," said Basti Ahmad Din resident Muhammad Amir, referring to the dominant ethnic group in the village. "The Baloch would rather starve and make do than let their families go out." IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES