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Eight killed in heavy rains in Balochistan, Karakoram Highway bridge swept away

KARACHI/MANSEHRA/QUETTA: At least eight people were killed in the fresh spell of heavy rains and flash floods in different areas of Balochistan, traffic between Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Gilgit-Baltistan was suspended for the second time this month after flash floods swept away a bridge, while the Met department on Friday forecast thunderstorms with a few “heavy” to “very heavy” falls and occasional strong winds in several parts of Sindh in the next two days.

“The well-marked low-pressure area over the northeast Arabian Sea has intensified into an intense low-pressure area (depression) with a maximum wind speed of 50-55 kilometres per hour,” a Met department advisory said but added that none of the coastal areas was under threat at present.

“The system is located around latitude 22.6N and longitude 66.4E, at a distance of about 260km south/southeast of Karachi and 280km from Thatta. This weather system is likely to move in northwest direction initially and then westwards,” it said.

Chief Meteorologist Dr Sardar Sarfaraz told Dawn the system was unlikely to turn into a cyclone as prevailing monsoon conditions did not support its formation and the depression would likely advance into its next stage, called deep depression, before dying out.

Thunderstorms likely in several areas of Sindh, including Karachi; Balochistan battered by flash floods, two dams breached

The department has forecast thunderstorms with a few heavy to very heavy falls and occasional strong winds in Tharparkar, Umerkot, Mirpurkhas, Badin, Tando Muhammad Khan, Tando Allahyar, Hyderabad, Matiari, Thatta, Sujawal, Sanghar, Shaheed Benazir*abad, Naushahro Feroze, Khairpur, Sukkur, Larkana, Ghotki, Kashmore, Shikar*pur, Jacobabad, Dadu, Jamshoro and Kambar Shahdadkot districts and Karachi division until Aug 14 with occasional gaps.

Dr Sarfaraz said the low-pressure area over India’s Rajasthan state has weakened, which would help the current pattern of isolated heavy to very heavy falls in Sindh continue.

“Sea conditions would remain very rough during the next three days. Fishermen in Sindh are advised not to venture in the open sea till Aug 14 and those in Balochistan should also remain extra cautious during the forecast period,” the advisory said.

Rainfall is also likely to intensify in Balochistan’s north-eastern and southern districts and may trigger flash floods in Dadu, Jamshoro and Kambar Shahdadkot districts and downstream.

Besides, heavy rains over Khuz*dar, Lasbela and Hub districts and over the Kirthar mountain range may create extra pressure on Hub and Thaddo dams and downstream areas.

Heavy falls may create waterlogging and urban flooding in low-lying areas during the forecast period.

Bridge washed away in Kohistan

Traffic between Khyber Pakhtun*khwa and Gilgit-Baltistan was suspended for the second time this month on Friday after a temporary steel bridge installed at the Karakoram Highway (KKH) was swept away by flash flood in the Ichar nullah area of Upper Kohistan.

“We installed a Bailey bridge some three days ago at Ichar nullah, but it was swept away in the flash floods which brought heavy boulders, rocks and eroded lands, suspending traffic between KP and GB,” Mohammad Asif, the deputy commissioner of Upper Kohistan, told reporters.

He said that traffic en route to GB and KP had been diverted to the Mansehra-Naran-Jalkhad road.

The working sites of the Dasu hydropower projects were also inundated in the floods, which also swept away machinery, including shovels.

120 houses destroyed

In Balochistan, at least eight people, including a child, were killed in the fresh spell of heavy rains and flash floods in different areas and amid reports of the breach of Machka and another dam in Qila Abdullah, while hundreds of houses were washed away in Qila Saifullah district.

Of those who lost their lives, three were killed in the Killi Khali neighbourhood located on the outskirts of Quetta where heavy rains collapsed the walls of two houses. Another death was reported in Chaman district.

Four of the deceased were swept away in flash floods that hit Qila Abdullah district late on Friday night, said Munir Ahmad Kakar, the district’s deputy commissioner. They were among the 15 who were on a tractor trolley when it was washed away. The rest of the people remained missing.

Officials said traffic between Quetta and Karachi was once again suspended as the linking highway had been damaged in different areas of Lasbela district.

In Qila Saifullah district, around 120 houses were swept away by hill torrents on Thursday night, Zakaullah Durrani, the assistant commissioner of Muslim Bagh, told Dawn, adding that 200 houses were also damaged in other localities.

Rains also continue to batter Pishin, Chaman, Qila Abdullah, Ziarat, Harnai, Duki, Sanjavi, Loralai, Fort Minro, Barkhan, Zhob and Sherani areas.

DAWN
 
The death toll in rain-related incidents rose to 188 in Balochistan after six more people were reported to have been killed after being swept away in flash floods in the Killa Abdullah district on Saturday.

At least 12 people sitting in a tractor trolley in the Killi Paizai Syedan area of the Killa Abdullah district had swept away.

"We rescued six people and six people died," said Deputy Commissioner Killa Abdullah Munir Ahmed Kakar. He said a rescue operation was underway to shift the people to safer places. Floods have washed away three dams constructed in the mountainous Killa Abdullah district.

"Population in the affected villages shifted to safer places," Home Minister Balochistan Mir Ziaullah Langove told an emergency press conference on Saturday at the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) office.

Langove and other officials visited the PDMA office and reviewed the pace of rescue and relief operations in the province. "The government has provided all necessary foodstuff to the affected families," he said.

Floods have also caused the suspension of the Quetta-Karachi highway. It has washed away small bridges including the Lunda bridge at Uthal. "People should avoid travelling on the Quetta-Karachi highway", Dawood Khilji, Commissioner Mekran Division cautioned the people.

He said the administration was engaged in reopening of the highway to facilitate the passengers traveling on the highway. Rains have swept away roads, bridges and dams in Lasbela, Killa Abdullah, Killa Saifullah, Khuzdar and other parts of Balochistan.

"We have declared an emergency in 26 districts of Balochistan," Langove told the reporters. He said the PDMA has provided foodstuff to over 30,000 families in Balochistan. The displaced families have been provided food and tents, he added.
 
As a fresh spell of monsoon rains continued to lash parts of Pakistan, especially Balochis*tan, at least six more deaths were reported on Sunday — four in Lasbela and two in Punjab’s Dera Ghazi Khan district — whereas hundreds of people remained stranded after losing their houses to the floods.

Lasbela DPO Dostain Dashti told Dawn that the dead bodies of four unidentified individuals who were swept away were fished out from Hub River which was experiencing high floods due to torrential rainfall in its catchment areas. The bodies were handed over to the Edhi foundation, he added. The death toll in Balochistan reached 194 after the recovery of four more bodies.

Meanwhile, two brothers, aged 13 and 11, were drowned when their village in Tuman Buzdar was hit by torrents from Suleman Range mountains in Taunsa, Dera Ghazi Khan. As a result of the deluge, people living in rural parts of DG Khan and Rajanpur had started moving to higher ground for safety.
 
QUETTA: As deadly flash floods and torrential rains continue to ravage many parts of Balochistan, with no rail and road link between Quetta and rest of the country despite all-out efforts for past several days, the provincial government called upon the Centre to provide a special package of Rs60 billion for repair of infrastructure and rehabilitation of flood-hit families.
 
Karachi's 55 year old record for highest annual rainfall has been shattered by rain that has fallen in July & August alone (Aug isn't even over)

The record was 713 mm (28.07) inches recorded in 1967 and in July-August so far a staggering 855 mm (33.66 inches) of rain has fallen
 
Schools closed in Balochistan as rains claim nine more lives

QUETTA: The death and destruction in Balochistan continued on Sunday as nine more people lost their lives in rain-related accidents. The provincial government has closed all education institutions in light of a renewed warning of downpour and flash floods.

As major highways connecting to the province were still cut off, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has requested Army Chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa to provide helicopters to reach the people who were stranded due to washing away of roads and highways.

Quetta received heavy downpour on Sunday, resulting in urban flooding in Pashtoonabad, Hazara Town, Qadirand, Aminabd, Nawan Killi, Killi Qambrani and Sariab areas, where floodwater entered several houses. Karkhasa Dam near Quetta was breached at one point due to hill torrents, inundating several areas near Western Bypass.

Quetta Commissioner Sohailur Rehman Baloch said the dam’s spillways have been opened by the irrigation department after it was filled to maximum capacity.

NDMA forecasts more rains, flash flooding; PM asks army chief for helicopters to speed up relief operations

Following the forecast of more rains and flooding, the Balochistan government has closed all educational institutions for one week. A notification issued by the provincial government stated that all government and private schools, colleges and other educational institutions would remain closed from Aug 22 to 27.

However, more areas were expected to come under water as the NDMA has issued a fresh warning of flash floods in eastern parts of Balochistan, APP reported.

According to the NDMA advisory, the Flood Forecasting Division has forecast moderate flash flooding in the rivers and nullahs of eastern Balochistan during the next 24 hours and subsequent heavy flooding.

The advisory also forecast “medium to high-level flooding” in Kabul River at Nowshera and Indus River till Monday (today).

NHA advisory for travellers

As major Balochistan highways were still inundated, the National Highway Authority (NHA) issued an advisory for people to avoid travel on these roads. The advisory issued by the NHA spokesperson stated that Karachi-Quetta National Highway (N-25) was completely closed for traffic as Linda Bridge at Lasbela was washed away by flash floods.

Separately, Ratodero-Gwadar Motorway (M-8) was closed at Wangu Hills in Khuzdar. Traffic was also suspended on Dera Ismail Khan-Quetta National Highway (N-50) from Zhob-Dhanasar sentient, while Qilla Saifullah-Multan National Highway (N-70) was closed at Fort Munro.

Meanwhile, Balochistan’s rail link with other areas could not be restored even a week after major railway lines were washed away.

A train that was scheduled to leave Quetta for Karachi was cancelled as the track was not cleared by the authorities due to floodwater, official sources told Dawn, adding that the track was also inundated in some areas of Sindh.

PM calls COAS, NDMA chairman

PM Shehbaz on Sunday called the army chief and National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) Chairman Lt Gen Akhtar Nawaz to review rescue, relief and rehabilitation operations in the flood-affected areas, a statement released by the Prime Minister Office said

During the telephonic conversation, the prime minister and the army chief discussed the flood situation and rehabilitation operations, especially in Sindh. The prime minister appreciated the army’s cooperation in rescue and relief operations, the statement added.

The NDMA chairman apprised the prime minister of the latest flood situation and the authority’s rescue and relief operations in Balochistan and Sindh.

The prime minister also directed the Benazir Income Support Programme to immediately distribute compensation money among the flood victims of Sindh.

Humanitarian assistance

Pakistan Air Force is also assisting the local authorities by providing “humanitarian assistance and disaster relief support” to the people stranded in Balochistan and Sindh, a statement issued by the PAF spokesperson said.

PAF’s Emergency Response teams were providing rations to the people on the instructions of Air Chief Marshal Zaheer Ahmed Baber Sidhu, the statement added.

DAWN
 
ISLAMABAD / QUETTA/ PESHAWAR: As heavy monsoon rains and flooding continued to cause widespread damage to areas across the country, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government on Monday declared a state of emergency in four districts, relief goods were airdropped in Dera Ghazi Khan and Rajanpur districts of Punjab, dozens of families were shifted to tents in Gilgit-Baltistan after their villages were destroyed and efforts still under way to restore the National Highway link between Punjab and Balochistan.

The KP government dec*l*a**red a state of emergency in Dera Ismail Khan, Upper and Lower Chitral and Upper Kohistan districts, while glacier melting in Gil*git-Baltistan wreaked havoc on Hoper Valley and Nagar Khas where flooding was*h*ed away small villages of Sha*man and Tokerkot rendering around 50 families homeless.
 
ISLAMABAD: As massive floods across Pakistan have so far claimed at least 830 lives since July, the government on Tuesday decided to launch an international appeal seeking funds for relief and rehabilitation of flood-hit people and restoration of damaged infrastructure.

This decision was taken during an urgent briefing on the flood emergency in Pakistan by the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), which was summoned to reassess the damage done by floods and to apprise the development partners and donors of the magnitude of the crisis.

In addition to looking outward for assistance to mitigate the devastation caused by abnormal monsoon downpour, Prime Minister Sheh*baz Sharif also appealed to the nation to extend help to the flood-stricken people as the government required hundreds of billions to rehabilitate the flood victims.
 
The European Union would give €350,000 to provide crucial humanitarian assistance to families affected by severe flooding, particularly in Balochistan, Taheeni Thammannagoda, who oversees EU humanitarian programmes in Pakistan, announced on Tuesday.

According to a press release, the aid would focus on addressing the urgent needs of those most affected in some of the hardest-hit districts of Jhal Magsi and Lasbella. It would also support the International Rescue Committee in delivering much-needed assistance.

“The devastating floods have left a trail of destruction in Pakistan, causing many to suffer the loss of their homes, livelihoods and belongings,” Thammannagoda said. “The EU funding will help get vital assistance to the most vulnerable people to support them during this hard time.”

According to the press release, the EU funding, amounting to nearly Rs76 million, is being made available via the European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO) of the European Commission, through its Small Scale Response mechanism.

The aid included the provision of cash transfers to help flood-stricken families to meet their immediate needs, primary healthcare services, with a focus on water-borne and communicable diseases, which are common after a flood, as well as nutrition support. The programme would also provide psychological support to vulnerable groups such as women, adolescent girls and children.

Since July, above-normal monsoon rains have caused flash floods in over 100 districts of Pakistan, killing more than 600 people, displacing 23,000 and affecting around 1 million people across the country. The floodwaters have also damaged over 70,000 houses, some one million acres of crops and several roads.

ECHO’s Small Scale Response fund is a global mechanism which allows for rapid funding from the continental bloc of up to €500,000 for humanitarian aid in countries affected by natural and man-made disasters.
 
My suggestion to foreign aids, dont give them to the GOP, give them to NGOs who want to work honestly. If you give the money to the PDM led government right now, it will never get to the deserving people.
 
A new powerful monsoon system has disconnected Balochistan from the rest of the country, causing flash floods and broken bridges, and heavy rainfall which has washed away communication roads of the province.

According to Express News, intermittent rains are continuing in Chaman due to which the villages of Spina Tiza and Ghojai have been disconnected for the past three days.

The devastating rains have not only damaged roads and cut land connectivity in the city but flooding in storm drains has also caused internet and mobile network outage.

The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) stated a strong monsoon system is spreading to south-central and western Balochistan and warned of heavy rainfall and strong winds.

According to the Pakistan Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) rain claimed the lives of four more children in the last 24 hours.

Local authorities reported land connectivity with the village of Kahan has been disrupted for the past 18 days.

The recent heavy monsoon rains and subsequent floods killed more than 900 people and injured nearly 1,300 others, creating a “humanitarian crisis” in the country, Climate-Change Minister Sherry Rehman had revealed.

In a series of tweets, Rehman said that heart-wrenching scenes of devastation were emerging from the affected areas, as thousands of people had been displaced because of the floods, adding that thousands of people were still trapped in floodwater and waiting for rescue and relief.

This year, the monsoon rains in the country broke the 30 years record. Against the average annual rainfall during the last three decades – 128mm – this year Pakistan received 340mm of rain. The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said this monsoon brought 166% more rains than the 30-year average.
 
Describing the devastating floods as “a national emergency”, the government on Thursday appealed to the “national spirit” of the people to come forward and extend their helping hand for the relief of the marooned people, as more aid flew in from friendly countries.

The enormity of the monstrous floods was increasing with each passing day, with the death toll and the number of marooned people escalating at a rapid pace. The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) put the nationwide death toll from the rains and floods at 937.

According to the latest data, the floods have wreaked havoc in 116 of the country’s 160 districts, which roughly translates into three-fourths of the country. Overall, the NDMA said 4,254,740 people were affected by the floods, including 215,997 people living in relief camps.

“This is a national emergency and we will have to treat it as such,” Climate Change Minister Sherry Rehman told a press conference in Islamabad, echoing an earlier statement of Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb, who also declared the flood situation as a national emergency.

Both Rehman and Aurangzeb stressed that the government was doing its best to provide relief to people but a lack of resources was a major problem. “The federal government is making great efforts together with the provinces and resources are being mobilised,” Aurangzeb said.

“Due to the large-scale disaster, a huge amount of money will be required,” Aurangzeb said, adding that the entire nation, especially the overseas Pakistanis, were urged to send donations. “The people in distress are waiting for our help. Let's all support each other.”
The information minister said that local and overseas Pakistanis could deposit donations in the Prime Minister Relief Fund with Account # G-12164. The overseas Pakistanis could also send donations through wire transfer, money service bureaus, money transfer operators and exchange houses, she added.

Providing some figures of the damages, so far, Rehman said 20 million people were rendered homeless or without shelter. “This is a very big figure,” she said, adding that devastating monsoon season was “very rare” and unexpected. This is a “climate-induced humanitarian disaster of epic proportions”, she said.

Aurangzeb said that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif chaired an international partners meeting for cooperation in flood rescue, relief, rehabilitation after reaching Islamabad from his Qatar visit. She added that Shehbaz would visit Sukkur on Friday (today) to review rescue and relief activities.

The monsoon season runs from July through September in Pakistan. This year monsoon and pre-monsoon rains broke 30-year record in Pakistan and the NDMA data shows that 30-year average rain was 131 millimetres but the rainfall in 2022 season was 375.4 mm – 187% more.

Infrastructure damaged in Balochistan

According to the NDMA data, floods from June 14-24, partially and fully damaged 670,328 houses, 3,082 kilometres of roads, 145 bridges and killed 793,995 livestock animals across Pakistan, besides washing away businesses and other infrastructure. The worst affected provinces are Sindh and Balochistan.

In Balochistan, the continued heavy rainfall paralysed life in 26 districts of the province for second consecutive day on Thursday. Since most parts of Balochistan were already flooded, the recent rainfall further aggravated the situation.

Quetta, Killa Abdullah, Pishin, Lasbela, Naseerabad, Mastung, Barkhan and other parts of Balochistan received heavy rainfall for more than 24 hours. The rains and floods had severed Balochistan’s railway link to the rest of the country as well as other communication links.

Heavy rainfall severely affected pedestrian movement at the Pakistan-Afghan border crossing in Chaman. Videos shared on social media showed people passing the border after it was completely flooded.

The floods also damaged the Sui Southern Gas Company pipeline in Bolan area, suspending gas supply to various parts of Quetta, Pishin, Kalat, Mastung and Ziarat. The power supply from 220 KV transmission line from Sibi to Quetta was also snapped.
“Floods damaged the 140 year old railway bridge in Bolan area of Balochistan,” Kachhi Deputy Commissioner Imran Bangulzai told The Express Tribune. Bangulzai added that floods damaged the Bibi Nani Bridge, suspending the traffic on the Quetta-Sibi highway.
Officials said that landslide in Dana Sar area of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa also caused suspension of traffic between Quetta and Islamabad. All passenger trains remained halted at Sibi and Jacobabad railway stations because of the flooding of the tracks, Muhammad Izharul Haq, a railway official said.

12 die in K-P

At least 12 people died as flash floods hit Swat, Tank, Dera Ismail Khan, Lakki Marwat and Dir Upper districts, the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) said. It added that most of the fatalities occurred because of roof collapse incidents. At least three houses were destroyed and eight damaged.

A PDMA official said that four people were killed in Lower Kohistan flash floods; two women were killed in Lakki Marwat and one in Dir Lower, a child died in Buner and two women died when the vehicle they were travelling in from Balochistan to Chitral was swept away by flash flood in Upper Dir.

According to the PDMA official, a 20-year-old man drowned in the Swat river in the Fatah Pur area of Swat district. Due to the flood in Swat River, all the buildings located along the river have been vacated. The authorities have also closed down all schools in the district for two days.

Tent cities in Sindh

Sindh decided on Thursday to establish tent cities at the union council level to shelter the marooned people, while army troops from Corps V joined the efforts of the district administrations to distribute ration bags and other materials to the affected masses.
Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah chaired a rain emergency and relief meeting. The meeting decided that the district administrations would use diesel engines and electricity to pump out the floodwaters from the cities and towns, as the already flooded canals and branches were unable to drain any water.

It was also decided that the government would constitute district-level committees to start relief, rescue, and survey and damages assessment operations at the Deh level. The committees would comprise the deputy commissioner concerned and representatives from Corps-V, engineering Corps, PDMA and locals.

“Comparatively, the embankments of our rivers are in a better condition than the flood situation of 2010 and 2011, but various vulnerable points are still under pressure,” Shah told the meeting. “If the mountain range of Punjab received more rains, the flow in the river would increase, thereby exerting more pressure on the bunds,” he added.

Express Tribune
 
ISLAMBAD:
Several global financial institutions announced on Thursday immediate assistance of more than $500 million after Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif issued an appeal for helping the flood victims in several parts of the country.


Heavy rains and floods this monsoon season have left hundreds of people dead, washed away houses, standing crops, roads, bridges, disconnecting land routes and causing hindrance in the relief operations across the country.

While urging emergency cooperation, the prime minister “appealed” to the international financial institutions, organisations, and countries that they should provide resources so that the flood-affected people could be reached and helped at the earliest.

In response, World Bank Country Director Najy Benhassine informed the prime minister about the immediate aid of $350 million from the World Bank. He praised the prime minister’s flood-relief cash programme.

The World Bank would provide the aid in full by the end of this week. Apart from $350 million in aid, the World Bank would also cooperate with Pakistan through a comprehensive plan for the restoration of infrastructure after the estimation of damages, Benhassine added.

The World Food Programme (WFP), a subsidiary of the United Nations, also announced $110 million in aid for the flood victims, while the Asian Development Bank (ADB) announced $20 million and the UK Aid announced £1.5 million in immediate aid. The UK Aid also announced another £38 million for medium- and long-term projects for the rehabilitation of flood victims.

During a meeting with representatives of the World Bank, ADB, representatives of various United Nations bodies, including the World Health Organization (WHO), international donors, including China, America and European countries, the prime minister also invited them to visit the areas.

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2373261/donors-pledge-500m-in-immediate-aid
 
In a first, general officers of Army donate one month salary for flood relief operations
Military leadership expresses resolve to 'spare no efforts for mitigating the suffering of the affectees', says ISPR

In a first, all the general officers of Pakistan Army have donated one month pay for flood relief operations as the military leadership of the country resolved to “spare no efforts for mitigating the suffering of the affectees”.

The decision was made during the 250th Corps Commanders’ Conference presided over by Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa.

"Today’s Corps commanders Conference was completely focused on the flood situation, impact and most importantly the response and relief efforts," the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement.

The forum was briefed in detail on the external and internal security situation, with particular focus on the floods and ongoing relief operations being undertaken by army troops.

The COAS directed all the army formations to maintain “operational readiness” and efforts to counter terrorism, particularly in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) and Balochistan, the ISPR added.

The participants of the conference undertook a comprehensive overview of the damages wreaked by the floods, and the relief and rescue efforts being carried out by the army.

Expressing deep sorrow over the loss of precious lives and extensive damage to infrastructure due to unprecedented rains, the forum at Corps Commanders’ Conference resolved to “spare no efforts for mitigating the suffering of flood affectees.”

The COAS appreciated the ongoing relief operations and directed all army formations to render all possible support to the flood victims.

“Every single affected individual must be reached out to bring comfort in this hour of distress,” the COAS concluded.

The Express Tribune
 
Hotel in Swat...

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More than 33 million people have been affected by historic rains and floods that have swept Pakistan, the country's climate minister told Reuters.

Since June, more than 900 people have died in monsoon rains and floods that continue to break weather records.

Pakistan's climate minister said the government was battling with a "climate-induced humanitarian disaster of epic proportions".

The cash-strapped nation has called for additional international aid.

Climate minister Sherry Rehman said the country was now going through its eighth monsoon cycle "while normally the country only has three to four cycles of rain".

"The percentages of super flood torrents are shocking," she said.

Since the summer season began, multiple monsoon cycles have lashed Pakistan, causing huge floods that have destroyed over 400,000 homes across the country.

At least 184,000 people have been displaced, and forced to evacuate to relief camps in this time, the UN's disaster relief agency, OCHA (Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) said in its own update on Thursday.

It noted a lower figure - of three million people - who had been affected by the natural disaster so far.

However, Pakistan's Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal had earlier said that around 30 million people - or about 15% of the population - had been affected.

Southern Pakistan has been hardest hit by the rains, particularly the province of Sindh which has received nearly eight times its average August rainfall.

Ms Rehman on Thursday said local authorities there had asked for one million tents to house displaced people.

One woman living in Hyderabad, Sindh's second-largest city told Reuters news agency: "We are living in a rickshaw with our children because the roof of our mud house is leaking.

"Where can we go? The gutters are overflowing, and our courtyard is filled up with sewage. Our houses and alleys have turned into a floating garbage bin."

BBC
 
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Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan on Friday called for an immediate escalation of relief efforts for flood victims in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as he visited the province to oversee the situation and meet families that have been affected.

The former premier assessed the flood-hit areas of K-P, including Tank and DI Khan, where he met families affected by the calamity, accompanied by K-P Chief Minister Mehmood Khan.

While talking to the media during his visit to DI Khan, the PTI chairman said that the calamity has surpassed the destruction caused by the 2010 floods in Sindh.

“We used to think of the 2010 floods as an unimaginable catastrophe, but according to reports, the devastation and the loss of life caused this time is far greater,” he said.
 
The government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) has declared a rain emergency in the Swat district with immediate effect till August 30 after the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) warned of “high to very high floods” in the Swat River.

The decision was taken on the recommendation of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA).

In a notification issued on Friday, a copy of which is available with Dawn.com, KP’s Provincial Emergency Operations Centre said that water flows in River Swat at Khawazakhela point and its tributaries/nullahs had reached high to very high flood levels — 227,899 cusecs — which “may result in a dangerous situation for communities living nearby”.

It has directed the deputy commissioners of Swat, Lower Dir, Malakand, Mohmand, Charsadda, Mardan, Nowshera and Peshawar to immediately identify vulnerable points and communities at risk to devise mitigation and safety measures.

“Maintain enhanced alert level and monitor the developing situation to reduce reaction and response times,” the centre said, calling for the sensitisation of people living on the banks of the rivers about the increase in water flows.

“Make announcements for timely evacuation of the at-risk population from low-lying/flood-prone areas as per evacuation plans,” it added.

The PDMA also instructed authorities to evacuate cattle from areas at risk of flooding, as well as restrict vehicle movement there.

Monsoon rains this year have spelt disaster for the country. Flash floods in Shangla and Kohistan yesterday wreaked havoc where several portions of the Karakoram Highway, link roads, suspension bridges, houses, hospitals, schools, mini power stations, and water mills were completely washed away.

Earlier today, at least three people drowned in the River Indus near the Bisham area of Shangla. According to the locality’s station house officer, Abbas Khan, two other men in the Shang area were also swept away during the floods.

Separately, a Shangla health department official, Ijaz Ahmad, told Dawn.com that a rural health centre in the Karora area had been washed away by the floods in the Kana river.

Shamsul Hadi, a resident, said that three houses and a mosque were swept away in the floods, while roads and bridges leading to the Ranolia and Dubair areas had been completely destroyed.

In Shangla, the Alpuri-Puran and Karora-Kana roads also suffered several damages at several points, creating a sense of panic among the residents as they were restricted to their houses.

All government and private schools in the area have also been closed until further notice.

In a statement today, the Frontier Works Organisation said that the Karakoram Highway was swept away by floods at Zaidkarh Dassua and was blocked at several points due to landslides.

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Went today with CM KP to see the flood devastated areas of DIKhan & Tank today. The level of destruction is massive & have discussed with the CM how to improve scale & speed of the assistance to affectees incl preventive measures against spread of disease, esp in children. <a href="https://t.co/veWb8MFgBD">pic.twitter.com/veWb8MFgBD</a></p>— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) <a href="https://twitter.com/ImranKhanPTI/status/1563136648564445184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 26, 2022</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The sheer magnitude of the flooding that I saw in Tank & DIKhan shows the challenge Pakistan is confronted with as this is the situation in many other areas across the country. <a href="https://t.co/mKhyeyGE7b">pic.twitter.com/mKhyeyGE7b</a></p>— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) <a href="https://twitter.com/ImranKhanPTI/status/1563136701131677698?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 26, 2022</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">On the ground to get a briefing & meet some of the flood affectees at one of the relief camps set up by the KP Govt in DIKhan. <a href="https://t.co/AXIDJJkAGB">pic.twitter.com/AXIDJJkAGB</a></p>— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) <a href="https://twitter.com/ImranKhanPTI/status/1563136770119966721?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 26, 2022</a></blockquote>
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A guy in my town has relatives in interior Sindh and has started to raise funds. He is saying that people have taken refuge in school but have nothing to eat. Situation absolutely desperate
 
Bewal Express said:
A guy in my town has relatives in interior Sindh and has started to raise funds. He is saying that people have taken refuge in school but have nothing to eat. Situation absolutely desperate
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Tragic, puts tears in eyes watching so many suffering.

To save lives nations need to premptive. When heavy rain is forecast, aid should be given beforehand including shelter and removal from dangerous areas/housing.
 
KingKhanWC said:
Tragic, puts tears in eyes watching so many suffering.

To save lives nations need to premptive. When heavy rain is forecast, aid should be given beforehand including shelter and removal from dangerous areas/housing.
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The ones that have the least always suffer the most.
 
Islamabad: The federal government on Friday announced the deployment of Armed forces in all four provinces to assist the civilian authorities in rescue and relief operations in flood-affected areas, ARY News reported.

According to details, the interior ministry has issued the notification for the deployment of the armed forces in all four provinces of the country. The armed would assist the civilian administrations in carrying out relief and rescue operations.

The deployment has been authorized at the provinces’ requests, the notification read. The forces have been deployed under Article 245 of the constitution, it added.
 
A natural disaster that came at the worst time possible. I find it to be irritating when govt officials and mnas go around asking for donations. Govts and mnas job isnt to ask for donations, they should have enuff money in the govt deposit to cover such crises..

The timing is terrible because if foreign aid is provided the whole amount isnt going to be used, as atleast a good percentage would be used to fund the economy. We have a habit of doing this.
 
Gents - politics off the table for this thread.
 
Result of the massive corruption this country has seen over the decades. This will be a repeat next year as well and so on and on.
 
Heavy downpour on Friday continued to pummel parts of the country already battered by calamitous floods of epic proportions, unleashing a fresh wave of death and destruction in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan and Sindh provinces.

Scores of people died in K-P, where heavy rains for the second consecutive day triggered devastating floods in rivers and streams that also swept away several homes near their banks, hotels in hilly resorts, while Balochistan remained cut off from the rest of the country due to fresh rains.

The K-P government declared rain emergency in several districts as flash floods triggered by torrential rains wreaked havoc in most parts of the province, raising the province-wide death toll to at least 238 people, officials said.

They added that rain emergency, which came into effect immediately, would remain in place till August 30 as the Pakistan Meteorological Department forecast another spell of monsoon downpour which might continue in the next week.

Fresh torrential rains pummelled different parts of the province on the second consecutive day. Heavy downpour in Kaghan Valley triggered flash flood in the Munnawar Nullah that swept away 10 people, according to official data.

More than 10 shops, two hotels and eight vehicles were swept away in Mahandri due to severe flooding in the stream. A mosque, two schools and a police post were also damaged. The Kaghan highway was closed for traffic at many places, while people on the Kunhar river banks had moved away to safer places.

Those swept away in flash floods included eight members of a family. The rescue workers had retrieved seven bodies so far. These drowned included Mirafazl, 53; Maarouf, 46; Faiza Bibi, 19; Laiba Bibi, 12; Hammad, nine; Irfan, 30; Nishba Bibi, 27 and a one-year-old child.

In the two districts of Hazara Division, the number of people who died due to floods rose to 21. They included five brothers, who were washed away in the flood in Kohistan Debir, while in Kohistan Patan, three women died and two children were injured after their house was damaged by flash floods.

Meanwhile, more details of flood-induced devastation in Swat district surfaced on Friday. According to the data, flash flood in the Swat River swept away scores of shops and hotels, more than 200 fish hatcheries, 150 houses and two mosques in the tourist resorts of Kalam, Bahrain Bazaar, Hareen and Madyan.

At least 12 deaths were reported in the Matta tehsil of Swat. A house collapsed after a landslide near Matta, burying seven residents under its debris. Five bodies were also recovered from water in other areas of Matta tehsil.

Meanwhile, rescue workers faced difficulties in relief operation, as the land route to difference parts of the district was cut off after several bridges were swept away by gushing flood. The communication system, electricity, and telephone lines were also down.

The authorities shut the Kanju-Ayub Bridge for traffic due to the threat of floods there. Electricity was suspended in the area, as electricity pylons near the Kanju Bridge were swept away by the river. The tourists had been instructed to go back.

Officials said that the damages in Swat were many times higher than those in the 2010 floods in the district. An emergency had been declared in the district and the residents on the riverbank had been instructed to move to safer places.

Read more PMD predicts more rain across country, warns of urban flooding

An emergency was also declared in the Upper Dir district, where torrential rains continued on Friday, triggering flash flood in the Panjkora River and other streams in the district, washing away roads, bridges, and houses, according to local officials.

Authorities recovered a body, while government helicopters had been deployed to evacuate the people stranded in floodwater. The flood destroyed a mosque, a fisheries nursery, a restaurant, four three-storey commercial buildings and dozens of shops in the district.

The road links to the district – the Dir-Peshawar Road at Moha Donak Bazaar and the Peshawar Highway at Narhand Khor – were washed away in the flood. More than 50 electricity pylons and various transformers had also been damaged.

Overall, the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) said at least 238 people died and 251 injured in the province due to rains and floods during the ongoing monsoon rains. At least 19,748 houses, hotels and other buildings were damaged while 959 cattle perished, it added.

The emergency in K-P was imposed on the recommendation of the district administration and the PDMA. The provincial government has launched an official landline number – 091111712713 – and a WhatsApp one – 0304-1033435 – to help the stranded citizens.

Balochistan

Balochistan remained disconnected from the rest of the country after heavy rainfall in Quetta for the second consecutive day. Gas supply to Quetta and other parts of Balochistan was also suspended after floods damaged the main pipeline in the Bolan area.

Besides the gas supply, power supply to Balochistan was also suspended after floods and heavy rainfall damaged the 220kv transmission line between Sibi and Quetta. “No gas supply and no power supply for the last two days,” Dr Irfanullah Tareen, a resident of Quetta, lamented.

A Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) spokesperson said in Karachi, recently a 12" diameter pipeline to Quetta and another 24" diameter pipeline to Balochistan were damaged due to flood near Bibi Nani Bridge in Bolan.

The spokesperson said that heavy floods were a major obstacle in repair efforts, adding that rain was continuing in Bolan and the Bibi Nani Bridge also collapsed the other day.

“Today, even the meagre supply to Quetta from the Zarghoon gas pipeline was suspended due to the flood devastation.”

Also read Pakistan declares emergency amid catastrophic floods

The spokesperson added that the SSGC teams were unable to repair the pipelines because of the floodwater, adding that the work would start only when the water level dropped there. “As soon as the situation improves, our teams will immediately return to the area to repair the affected lines.”

Floods have also hit the Naseerabad Division very hard. Thousands of people have taken refuge at the Quetta-Jacobabad Highway in Dera Murad Jamali. Videos shared on social showed women and children sitting on the highways.

Elsewhere in the country, a Punjab PDMA spokesperson said that moderate to high level of flooding was expected in the Indus River at Kalabagh, Chashma and Taunsa during the next 48 hours, which could affect the Mianwali, Bhakkar, Dera Ghazi Khan, Muzaffargarh and Rajanpur districts.

According to the spokesperson, the Indus River might run into flood at Taunsa because of the gushing torrents from the hilly areas of Dera Ghazi Khan Division, while water levels in streams connected to Mount Sulaiman and Salt Range might also rise, posing a risk of flooding.

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">“I’ll personally work on floods, and will also mobilise our Imran Tigers volunteers in these areas”-<a href="https://twitter.com/ImranKhanPTI?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ImranKhanPTI</a> <a href="https://t.co/bRfXIjIDMH">pic.twitter.com/bRfXIjIDMH</a></p>— PTI (@PTIofficial) <a href="https://twitter.com/PTIofficial/status/1563218725230112768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 26, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
 
Army called in as KP faces flood threat

• Part of Munda Headworks collapses; 42 people killed in province; Nowshera, Charsadda residents being evacuated
• Train, flight operations suspended
• Quetta submerged after 36-hour-long rain spell; acute gas shortage feared
• NA speaker, MNAs donate one-month salary to relief fund

PESHAWAR / ISLAMABAD/ QUETTA: As floods continue to devastate the length and breadth of the country resulting in the death of at least 42 more people in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and prompting emergency in several districts, the government decided to deploy the army in all provinces to help the civilian authorities in rescue operations in the calamity-hit areas.

At present, more than half of Pakistan is under water and millions of people have been rendered homeless as a result of flash flooding generated by abnormal monsoon rains which have entered their eighth spell with no signs of subsiding.

A notification issued to this effect said that the exact number of troops and area of deployment will be worked out by the respective provincial governments in consultation with the military operations directorate and General Headquarters.

“…The date of de-requisitioning of said deployment will be decided subsequently after mutual consultation among all stakeholders,” the notification read.

Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah said the Punjab government had requisitioned the army’s deployment in Dera Ghazi Khan, while KP wanted the army’s assistance in Dera Ismail Khan. Balochistan sought the deployment of the personnel in Nasirabad, Jhal Magsi, Sohbatpur, Jafarabad and Lasbela districts while Sindh also sought the military’s help in the flood-hit districts.

Meanwhile, parts of KP witnessed devastation as the Kabul River and Swat River experienced “very high floods”, triggering evacuations by the authorities from low-lying parts of the region and imposition of emergency in Swat and other districts.

The floods which left 42 people dead in different parts of the province earlier on Friday hit Charsadda and Nowshera districts in the evening. At least 21 people were killed in Mansehra and Kohistan, 12 in Swat, five in Shangla, three in Lower Dir and one in Lakki Marwat by the time this report made it to print.

According to the provincial irrigation department officials, part of Munda headworks, which regulates flow of Swat River, collapsed. The official said last recorded river flow at the headworks was 260,000 cusecs. The Swat River at Munda Headworks in Charsadda was in very high flood with 260,000 cusecs of water flow while the Kabul River in Nowshera was experiencing “very high floods” with 176,500 cusecs at around 7pm. A Charsadda district administration also confirmed to Dawn that a 100- to 300-foot portion of the headworks collapsed, due to which water levels in Jindi and Khiyali canals had increased.

On the other hand, authorities were working to evacuate people from the surrounding areas of both canals to safe places.

Nowshera Deputy Commissioner Mir Reza Ozgen asked the residents at risk to immediately vacate their houses and move to safer places, fearing over 400,000 cusecs of water flow on Friday night which would submerge the GT Road under three to four feet of water. Similarly, in Charsadda, the Swat River at Munda Headworks recorded a very high flood as the flow reached 260,000 cusecs; it was only 175,000 cusecs in the 2010 floods. A district administration official said that nearly 200,000 people have been evacuated to safer places in Charsadda.

Swat

Owing to the intensity of the floods, the KP government declared a rain emergency in the Swat district with immediate effect till August 30 after the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) warned of “high to very high floods” in the Swat River.

The flash floods washed away dozens of hotels, bridges, mosques and link roads in the Upper Swat district while hundreds of houses, shops and restaurants were submerged.

According to local sources, hundreds of animals, about 20 trout fish hatcheries, at least 15 bridges, about 15 hotels, five mosques and hundreds of houses were washed away by the flash floods whereas the main road between Madyan and Kalam was partially damaged, disconnecting Kalam valley with the rest of the district. The flash floods also destroyed thousands of acres of agricultural land in the valley. “About 50 hotels, five bridges, and five markets have also been washed away by the floods in Kalam,” said Aziz Kalami, a local journalist.

Quetta submerged

The highways linking Balochistan with other provinces remained non-operational on Friday as relentless rains and floods did not allow authorities to repair the damaged artery. One more bridge on the Quetta-Sukkur also suffered damage due to flooding in the Bolan River.

Meanwhile, Quetta and its outskirts remained submerged as a 36-hour-long rain spell inundated most parts of the provincial capital, bringing life to a standstill and leaving hundreds of families without homes.

In Nawan Killi, Chashma Achozai, Pashtoonabad, Hazara town, Faisal town, various localities in Sariab, Sabzal road, western and eastern bypass areas, the flood water forced the people to leave their homes.

“Several hundred people have been shifted to the Pakistan Sports Board hostels in the Ayub Stadium,” official sources told Dawn while sharing details about the magnitude of destruction.

The situation in the Nasirabad division further deteriorated as overflowing Bolan, Lehri and Nari rivers hit the protection dams in Nasirabad, Jaffarabad, Jhal Magsi and Sohbatpur districts. At least 100 villages were submerged after the Sabri dam was breached.

“We have rescued and shifted many families’ safe places and provided them relief goods, food, and drinking water in their tents,” Nasirabad Commissioner Fateh Muhammad Khajjak said who visited the affected areas.

The Lehri River flooding damaged most parts of all four districts and breached Pat Feeder and Rabi canals, putting Dera Murad Jamali and Dera Allahyar town at risk of floods. “Flood water entered some localities of Dera Allahyar town,” it was learnt.

The acting Balochistan governor in a meeting with the chief minister stressed the need for Islamabad and donors to come forward and help the province.

Acute gas shortage

The gas authorities could not repair the two gas pipelines washed away as a result of floods in the Bolan River, resulting in an acute LPG shortage across the provincial capital. Due to the high demand for LPG, the prices have shot up in the city by up to 35 per cent.

The 12-inch diameter pipeline, which supplies gas to Quetta and other towns of Balochistan, was swept away near Bibi Nani areas of the Bolan district a week after a 24-inch main pipeline was washed away in a flash flood last week.

The spokesman for Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) had asked the people to make alternative arrangements as the pipelines could only be repaired after a respite in floods.

Long queues of people were witnessed at the LPG dealers’ shops carrying gas cylinders. “We are here in a long queue for two hours but gas is not available,” Tariq Ali told Dawn while standing at the LPG shop with a cylinder.

The shop owners said that they were also “paying extra money to the LPG dealers” owing to the lack of LPG in the market. The dealers were importing gas from Iran and Karachi and due to the closure of highways the LPG supply had been suspended.

Flight, train operations suspended

Meanwhile, the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight operations were suspended due to bad weather conditions in Quetta due to weather and communication system failure, a PIA spokesman said.

The spokesman said that PIA flights PK 310 Karachi to Quetta, PK 322 Lahore to Quetta and PK 325 Islamabad to Quetta have been affected due to prevailing weather conditions. Earlier the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) had temporarily closed the Nawabshah airport due to the deluge.

Also, passenger train services between Hyderabad and Khanpur have been suspended for five days due to floodwater near Nawabshah; however, freight and cargo transportation will remain operational, Railway Minister Saad Rafique said during a press conference. He said around 18 inches of floodwater had submerged a 10km stretch of the railway track near Nawabshah on the Karachi-Peshawar track, also referred to as mainline one (ML-1).

He said that Pakistan Railways, divisional headquarters and regional headquarters had decided to close passenger services on this track; however, trains from Peshawar to Multan will continue to operate.

Trains whose operations will be affected include Allama Iqbal Express, Awam Express, Farid Express, Khyber Mail, Pakistan Express, Shalimar Express, Bahauddin Zakariya Express, Hazara Express, and Tezgam, he said, adding that fares would be reimbursed.

Mr Rafique said several flood-hit parts of ML-2 and ML-3 tracks had already been closed. A major bridge on the ML-3 line was swept away by floodwater and talks had been underway with the National Logistics Cell (NLC) for an alternative arrangement to restore operations, he said.

The minister said the railway track from Karachi, Hyderabad and Mirpurkhas would remain operational and every railway bridge would be reviewed within the next 72 hours. He said shuttle trains would be run in those areas not affected by floods.

He told reporters that Pakistan Railways had suffered a loss of Rs10bn billion due to damage to its tracks and infrastructure after the flood and further losses were being assessed.

Meanwhile, the National Assembly speaker said the MNAs will donate their one-month salary whereas the NA secretariat staff would donate one-week pay to the flood funds. Separately, Marriyum Aurangzeb stated that civil servants from grades 17 to 22 have decided to donate their one-week salary to the flood relief fund.

Ali Jan Mangi in Nasirabad, Manzoor Ali in Peshawar, Fazal Khaliq in Swat, Nisar Muhammad Khan in Mansehra, Faiz Muhammad in Charsadda, Syed Irfan Raza, Amin Ahmed and Mohammad Asghar in Islamabad contributed to this report.

DAWN
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Charsadda; people running for their lives <a href="https://t.co/UiDMV4fNXS">pic.twitter.com/UiDMV4fNXS</a></p>— Samar Haroon Bilour (@SamarHBilour) <a href="https://twitter.com/SamarHBilour/status/1563148727551873027?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 26, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">My heart breaks for all those impacted by monsoon flooding in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Pakistan?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Pakistan</a>: &#55356;&#56808;&#55356;&#56806;<a href="https://twitter.com/CanadaDev?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CanadaDev</a> is working with humanitarian partners to support the most vulnerable. <a href="https://twitter.com/CanHCPakistan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CanHCPakistan</a> <a href="https://t.co/jpemC5wteZ">https://t.co/jpemC5wteZ</a></p>— Wendy Gilmour (@gilmour_wendy) <a href="https://twitter.com/gilmour_wendy/status/1563241077535956994?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 26, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Horrifying footage from S. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Pakistan?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Pakistan</a> today of entire building washed away by floods. Over 935 people killed, more than 33 million affected, worst natural disaster for country in decades: <a href="https://t.co/aO6ZMlQycf">pic.twitter.com/aO6ZMlQycf</a></p>— Joyce Karam (@Joyce_Karam) <a href="https://twitter.com/Joyce_Karam/status/1563252444179492866?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 26, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
 
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Indus River has been in high flood at Guddu and Sukkur barrages as the mighty river seething with high flood waters of above five Lac cusecs while entering in Sindh, ARY News reported on Saturday.

Flooding water pressing protective dykes, while people of the katcha area shifting to safer places.

Indus river has been in high flood at Guddu barrage with the water flow measured 5,05,000 cusecs and at Sukkur barrage water flow measured 5,69,756 cusecs.
 
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Pakistan floods: Thousands told to evacuate as rivers rise

Thousands of people who live in areas under threat of flooding in Pakistan have been told to evacuate.

Aid agencies say floods have led to one of the country's worst disasters as the heaviest monsoon rains in decades continue.

Nearly 1,000 people have died since June, while thousands have been displaced and millions more affected.

The government has been forced to declare a state of emergency in some parts of the country.

Southern Pakistan has been hardest hit by the rains - particularly Sindh province, which has received nearly eight times its average August rainfall.

But many rivers also burst their banks in the north-western Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

"Initially some people refused to leave, but when the water level increased, they agreed," Bilal Faizi, spokesman for the Rescue 1122 emergency service, told the AFP news agency.

Information Minister Maryam Aurangzeb said soldiers and rescue organisations were helping people to reach safety in many districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Sindh, as well as in the eastern Punjab and south-western Baluchistan provinces, the Associated Press news agency reports.

The country director for aid agency Islamic Relief Worldwide, Asif Sherazi, told the BBC about the scale of the problem.

"During my whole trip, there was a continuous rain and the rain was continuously destroying more and more infrastructure, that included the houses of the people, livelihood assets as well as the public infrastructure, bridges, roads. So it's destruction everywhere," he said.

On Friday, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said 33 million people had been hit by the floods - about 15% of the population.

He said the losses caused by floods this season were comparable to those during the floods of 2010-11, said to be the worst on record.

The country has appealed for more international aid. Officials blame the devastation on man-made climate change.

"In Sindh alone, we had rain, 780% more rain than average, in Balochistan, 496% more rain than average. So we are of course looking at a very challenging situation, a daunting challenge, a climate catastrophe," Pakistan's High Commissioner to the UK, Moazzam Ahmad Khan, told the BBC.

Since the summer season began, multiple monsoon cycles have lashed the country, destroying more than half a million homes across the country.

At least 184,000 people have been displaced to relief camps, the UN's disaster relief agency, OCHA (Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs) said on Thursday.

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The Prime Minister of Pakistan has said the "magnitude of the calamity" is bigger than expected, after visiting flood-hit areas.

Shehbaz Sharif was speaking from Sindh province - which has had nearly eight times its average August rainfall.

The floods have killed nearly 1,000 people across Pakistan since June, while thousands have been displaced - and millions more affected.

As the BBC drove through Sindh, there were displaced people in every village.

The full scale of the devastation in the province is yet to be fully understood - but the people described it as the worst disaster they've survived.

Floods are not uncommon in Pakistan, but people here said these rains were different - more than anything that's ever been seen. One local official called them "floods of biblical proportions".

Near the city of Larkana, thousands of mud homes have sunk under water. For miles all that's visible is treetops. Where the water level is lightly lower, thatched roofs creep out from underneath the water.

In one village, the people are desperate for food. In another, many children have developed waterborne diseases.

When a mobile truck pulled over, scores of people immediately ran towards it. Children carrying other children made their way to the long queue.

One 12-year-old girl said she and her baby sister had not eaten for a day.

"No food has come here, but my sister is sick, she has been vomiting," the girl said. "I hope they can help."

The desperation was evident in every community. People ran towards car windows to ask for help - anything.

On one of the main streets out of the city of Sukkur, hundreds of people have settled.

Many of them walked from remote villages, and were told that help is easier to get in the urban areas. But there's not much difference here.

On Friday, PM Sharif said 33 million people had been hit by the floods - about 15% of the country's population.

He said the losses caused by floods this season were comparable to those during the floods of 2010-11, said to be the worst on record. The country has appealed for more international aid.

In Sindh, it's not that local authorities are not trying, but they admit that they are out of their depth.

The provincial government says this is a "climate change catastrophe" and that the people of Pakistan, especially in the poorer communities, have been the worst affected.

The solutions will not be quick - acres of land are waterlogged and the water is not receding fast enough for any rebuilding to take place here.

There's not much to do for the people but to wait - wait for the rains to stop, wait for the water to go down, wait for more resources to be allocated to these kinds of communities.

In the meantime, life continues to be difficult.

BBC
 
A Pakistan Army team on Saturday rescued 22 tourists who had gone from Islamabad and got struck in Kumrat valley in Upper Dir of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.

The rescue operation was conducted after videos of the affected families went viral on social media where they were reportedly stuck for two days.

"We're stuck here for two days and are braving the cold weather... we can't even talk. We are wet and forced to sleep on the floor," one of the affected women can be heard saying in a short video clip.
 
Democracy would struggle to cope with this sort of situation anyway. It's national emergency time, we struggle in England with a flood, I can't imagine how hard it would be in extreme terrain areas like Pakistan.
 
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Absolutely devastating images and videos, hopefully people can survive and have some hope.
 
PPP MPA from Khairpur stealing and keeping flood relief aid in his own home. In addition to this per Imran Riaz and Siddique Jaan, ppp are forcing poor flood victims in parts of Sindh to administer oath on Qur'an to confirm they will vote for ppp to get the aid. Meanwhile, Zaradari's brother in law is giving some poor people in Sindh rupees 50 per family as flood aid while releasing water towards human-inhabited villages to protect Zardari's sisters farmland from the flood.

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ISLAMABAD: Flash floods triggered by “above-normal” monsoon rains continue to wreak havoc across Pakistan, leaving various cities and villages submerged, crippling life and claiming around 1,000 lives since mid June.

As per the latest statistics, around 982 people lost their lives, 1,456 suffered injuries, 802,583 livestock died, and 682,139 houses collapsed due to the floods and downpours.

In addition to this, 498,833 people are compelled to live in relief camps established by the government while 48,931 were rescued. The flash floods have affected 5.7 million population as of August 27.

Ongoing rain-induced floods across Pakistan have claimed over 1,000 lives so far, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) shared in its latest update on Saturday night.

In its latest report gauging the situation in the last 24 hours, NDMA mentioned 119 deaths and 71 injuries due to incidents caused by flooding and rains in Pakistan.

According to NDMA’s data, 1,033 people have lost their lives and 1,527 have been injured since the incessant rainfall and subsequent flooding began destruction across the country from June 14.

One death has been recorded from Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), four from Balochistan, six in Gilgit Baltistan, 31 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 76 in Sindh, as per the authority’s data.

Cumulative nationwide data from June 14 showed that 3,451.5kms of road has been damaged, and 149 bridges have collapsed, 170 shops destroyed.

A total of 949,858 homes have been partially or fully destroyed, out of the total, 662,446 homes have been partially damaged, 287,412 have been fully destroyed. While 719,558 livestock has also been killed.

At least 110 districts of Pakistan have been hit by the floods with 72 of those districts declared calamity hit.

The NDMA's latest sit rep shows 5,773,063 people have been affected by the floods. However, it clarified that the data in today's sitrep was based on confirmed figures but its estimates showed that more than 33 million of population has been affected by the floods.

The authority shared that 51,275 have been rescued while 498,442 have been moved to relief camps.

The NDMA shared that Pakistan's 30-year average showed that the country has received 134mm of rain and this year it received 388.7mm of rain. 190.07% more than the average.

TANDO ADAM: Armed men diverted the flood water towards the city by placing barricades at two places in order to save their crops.

According to the administration, the flood waves moving towards the city from Tando Adam Bypass.

Special assistant of Sindh Chief Minister said the water has already entered Jaman Shah area.

If timely measures are not taken then the city will sink completely, he said, adding that the chief minister has been informed about the situation.

National Highway Authority (NHA) spokesperson said that the chairman has cancelled the leaves of the staff, ordering the officers concerned to restore all land connections across the country as soon as possible.

The authority has issued orders to ensure the flow of traffic on its road networks.

A flood emergency centre has been set up at NHA headquarters.

The spokesperson said these numbers can be contacted in case of emergency.

The Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) on Saturday announced to impose emergency in 13 districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Furthermore, relief camps have been set up in schools and colleges, while hospitals have been put on high alert.

PDMA’s report stated that so far, people from 25 villages have been evacuated. In total, 180,000 people have migrated to safe areas.

Flash floods have damaged 24 bridges and 50 hotels in Swat. The authority emphasised that the floods in Nowshera are less intense as compared to those witnessed during 2010.

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Pakistan is appealing for further international assistance after floods wreaked havoc across the country.

The US, UK, United Arab Emirates and others have contributed to a monsoon disaster appeal but much more funds are needed, an interior ministry official told the BBC.

More than 1,000 people have died and millions have been displaced since June, Salman Sufi said.

He said Pakistan's government was doing everything in its power to help people.

In the north-west of the country, thousands of people fled their homes after rivers in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province burst their banks, causing powerful flash floods.

"The house which we built with years of hard work started sinking in front of our eyes," Junaid Khan, 23, told AFP news agency. "We sat on the side of the road and watched our dream house sinking."

The province of Sindh in the south-east of the country has also been badly affected, with thousands displaced from their homes.

"Pakistan has been grappling with economic issues but now just when we were about to overcome them the monsoon disaster hit," he said.

Funding from a lot of development projects had been rerouted to the affected people, he added.

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As floods triggered by historic monsoon rains wreaked havoc across the country, Muslim countries on Saturday stepped up efforts for the provision of humanitarian aid.

According to UAE's WAM news agency, President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has ordered the provision of urgent relief aid to Pakistan, which is witnessing torrential rains and floods that have resulted in deaths, injuries and displacements.

"President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed also ordered the provision of all humanitarian relief services to the displaced to enhance their ability to overcome the challenges they are facing," it added.

The UAE relief aid includes some 3,000 tonnes of food supplies, as well as tonnes of medical and pharmaceutical supplies, in addition to tents and shelter materials.

The UAE relief teams will also provide all kinds of humanitarian support to Pakistani cadres and institutions concerned with efforts to secure the safety of the affected and their food, medical and logistical needs, the statement said.

Read more: UK to provide ‘urgent support’ of £1.5m for flood relief efforts

In a telephonic conversation with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, the president of the UAE conveyed his heartfelt condolences over the loss of precious lives due to torrential rains and flash floods in different parts of Pakistan.

"His Highness expressed firm solidarity with the people of Pakistan in this difficult time and wished all the injured a speedy recovery," said a statement.

The UAE president offered all possible assistance to the Pakistan to tackle this natural calamity. In this context, he apprised the prime minister that the UAE would be immediately dispatching food supplies as well as medical and pharmaceutical supplies, in addition to tents and shelter materials.

The prime minister briefed the UAE president on the nationwide devastation caused by the unprecedented monsoon rains in the country.

The prime minister also acknowledged the ongoing relief work of the UAE Red Crescent and the Khalifa Bin Zayed Foundation in the flood-affected areas.

PM Shehbaz thanked the president for UAE’s timely assistance to support the government’s efforts in rescue and relief efforts.

PM Shehbaz also received a telephone call from President of Iran Syed Ebrahim Raisi. The premier thanked President Raisi for his sympathy on the flood situation, stressing that Pakistan had been enduring severe monsoon weather since mid-June 2022, with many areas receiving four to five times and even more.

"This had caused widespread flooding and landslides, with extreme repercussions for human lives, livelihoods, livestock, property and infrastructure," he said.

Shehbaz underlined that the humanitarian situation was being compounded by drastic impact to infrastructure including roads and bridges, which was impeding both the passage of people to safer locations and the delivery of aid.

Highlighting the government’s efforts in this regard, the prime minister shared that Pakistan had prepared a “UN Flash Appeal” which would be launched on Tuesday.

He expressed the hope that the international community would contribute towards meeting the funding requirements of the Flash Appeal.

In the bilateral context, PM Shehbaz reaffirmed commitment to boost relations in all areas. He also conveyed appreciation for Iran’s steadfast support to the people of Jammu and Kashmir.

President Raisi conveyed solidarity with Pakistan and assured his country’s all-out support in relief assistance in all areas.

PM Shehbaz also received a telephone call from President of Turkiye Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The PM briefed the Turkish president on the latest situation on floods in Pakistan and the government’s efforts to provide relief on an emergency basis.

The prime minister highlighted that Pakistan had been enduring unprecedented monsoon weather since mid-June 2022, with record rainfall.

"This had caused massive devastation in various parts of the country, resulting in loss of human lives, livelihoods and extensive damage to infrastructure," he added.

PM Shehbaz remarked that despite that the rainfall had severely damaged infrastructure, the government was making all efforts to reach out to affected areas and assist people in their relocation and through delivery of aid.

In the bilateral context, PM Shehbaz reaffirmed commitment to boost relations in all areas. He also thanked President Erdogan for Turkiye’s unflinching support to the people of Jammu and Kashmir.

President Erdogan commiserated with PM Shehbaz on loss of lives and extensive damage due to severe rainfall and floods. He added that Turkiye would always support Pakistan.

“We are deeply saddened that the severe flood disasters, which are ongoing and intensified in the last few days in Pakistan, claimed the lives of many Pakistani brothers and sisters, and caused extensive damage," the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkiye said in a statement.

“We wish Allah’s mercy upon those who lost their lives, convey our condolences to the friendly and brotherly government and people of Pakistan, and wish a speedy recovery to the injured.”

“Turkiye has started preparations to extend the necessary relief to the Pakistani brothers and sisters who have been affected by the flood disasters and has planned to send a Turkish aircraft carrying humanitarian aid to Pakistan,” the ministry added.

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The Organisation of the Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Secretary General, Hissein Brahim Taha, has expressed deep sorrow over the casualties, massive destruction of property and loss of life resulting from floods in Pakistan. Meanwhile, the President of Turkiye, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and President of Iran Syed Ebrahim Raisi phoned Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday and offered an all-out help for the flood victims.


In a statement the OIC Secretary General, Hissein Brahim Taha, while offering sincere condolences to the government and people of Pakistan, expressed sympathies to the victims of the floods and appealed to all member states, Islamic humanitarian organisations and the international community at large for emergency assistance to mitigate the suffering of the affected populations.

President of Turkiye Recep Tayyip Erdogan phoned Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday and offered all-out help for flood victims in Pakistan. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif briefed the Turkish president on the latest situation on floods in Pakistan and the government’s efforts to provide relief on an emergency basis.

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Federal Minister for Information Marriyum Aurengzeb said the prime minister highlighted that Pakistan is enduring an unprecedented monsoon weather since mid-June 2022, with record rainfall and this had caused massive devastation in various parts of the country, resulting in loss of human lives, livelihoods and extensive damage to infrastructure.

She said Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif remarked that despite that the rainfall had severely damaged infrastructure, the government was making all efforts to reach out to affected areas and assist people in their relocation and through delivery of aid.

The prime minister shared that Pakistan had prepared a “UN Flash Appeal” which would be launched on 30 August 2022, she said adding Shehbaz Sharif expressed the hope that the international community would contribute towards meeting the funding requirements of the Flash Appeal.

Shehbaz thanked President Erdogan for humanitarian relief aid. In the bilateral context, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif reaffirmed the commitment to boost relations in all areas. He also thanked President Erdogan for Turkiye’s unflinching support to the people of Jammu and Kashmir.

Marriyum Aurengzeb said that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan commiserated with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on loss of lives and extensive damage due to severe rainfall and floods. He added that Turkiye would always support Pakistan.

Meanwhile, President of Iran Syed Ebrahim Raisi, during a telephone call with Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif, conveyed solidarity with Pakistan and assured of support in relief assistance in all areas.

The prime minister thanked President Raisi for his sympathy on the flood situation. In the bilateral context, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif reaffirmed commitment to boost relations in all areas. He also conveyed appreciation for Iran’s steadfast support to the people of Jammu and Kashmir.

Mariana Baabar adds: Turkiye and the United Kingdom on Saturday reached out to Pakistan with the latter providing £1.5m for flood relief. Turk Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusiglu telephoned his Pakistani counterpart Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, who thanked him for the timely flood relief assistance.

“Received a call from my brother Melvut Cavusiglu. Briefed my Turkish counterpart on widespread damages caused by unprecedented rain and floods. Thanked for Turkiye’s timely dispatch of team for flood relief assistance. Pakistan and Turkiye always stood by each other in times of crisis,” Bilawal said in a Tweet.

“The foreign minister highlighted that since June 2022, Pakistan witnessed highest rainfall on record. This caused widespread flooding and landslides, with extreme repercussions for human lives, livelihoods, livestock, property and infrastructure. The disaster would likely be compounded by riverine floods as well,” said the Foreign Office quoting the foreign minister.

Bilawal stressed that the extensive damage to infrastructure was impeding relocation of people to safer areas and effective delivery of assistance. He shared with his Turkish counterpart that Pakistan had prepared a “UN Flash Appeal” which would be launched on August 30. He hoped that the international community would contribute towards meeting the funding requirements of the Flash Appeal.

“Thank you United Kingdom” was another Tweet from Bilawal, thanking British High Commissioner Christian Turner for massive flood relief. Turner had tweeted: “This is a time to stand together: Britain is providing urgent support of £1.5m for flood relief.

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Pakistan cricket team will wear black arm bands in their first match of ACC T20 Asia Cup 2022 against India today to express their solidarity and support for the flood affectees across the country.
 
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has summoned a multi-party conference to mull over future course of action with regard to devastations caused by floods and heavy rainfall nationwide, ARY NEWS reported.

According to sources privy to the development, the multi-party conference will be held at the Prime Minister House on Monday (tomorrow) where consultations will be made on rehabilitation of the flood affectees.

“All political parties including allies in the coalition government will be invited to the meeting,” they said.
 
Thousands of people living near swollen rivers in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa were ordered to evacuate on Saturday, as deadly rain-induced floods cause devastation across the country.

According to the latest reports, a deluge of 315,000 cusecs was passing through Nowshera in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa because of continuous stormy rains in upper parts of the country. Meanwhile, 464,000 cusecs of storm water is expected to enter Attock in Punjab from Khairabad in K-P late at night.

The district administration in affected areas, taking swift action, has shifted the residents living along Kabul River to safe places, including schools, colleges and camps 24 hours earlier and provided them with food and shelter.

Read PMD predicts more rain across country, warns of urban flooding

The deluge has destroyed the areas and crops along Kabul River in Nowshera. It washed away the protective embankments set up in Nowshera alongside Kabul River and entered the town’s Kalan area, with four feet of floodwater accumulated there.

Nowshera Deputy Commissioner Mir Reza Ozgen contacted the Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) to reduce the outflow of Tarbela and Warsak dams that reduced the intensity of the deluge. However, on Saturday, the deluge reached 390,000 cusecs at Nowshera, while the flow of water at Khairabad reached 545,300 cusecs.

Downstream, fears of flooding around river banks prompted around 180,000 people in the district of Charsadda to flee their homes, according to disaster officials, with some spending the night on highways with their livestock.

"The house which we built with years of hard work started sinking in front of our eyes," said Junaid Khan, 23, the owner of two fish farms in Chrasadda. "We sat on the side of the road and watched our dream house sinking.” He added.

Bilal Faizi, spokesman for the Rescue 1122 emergency service, said initially some people had refused to leave, but when the water level increased they agreed.

Farmer Shah Faisal, camped by the side of a road in Chrasadda with his wife and two daughters, described how he saw his riverside home swallowed by a river as the powerful current eroded the bank.

The Jindi, Swat and Kabul rivers flow through the town before joining the mighty Indus, which is also flooding downstream. “We escaped with our lives,” Faisal narrated.

It should be noted that former defence minister Pervez Khattak had built protective embankments on the banks of Kabul River at a cost of billions of rupees to save Nowshera district from floods.

Corps Commander Peshawar Lt Gen Hasan Azhar Hayat and K-P Chief Secretary Dr Shahzad Khan Bangash visited the flood-affected areas of Nowshera.

Shaukat Yousafzai, who along with another provincial member Kamran Bangash, has been nominated as a focal person, will be sharing updates and responding to media queries.

According to Yousafzai, 230 people including women and children had lost their lives, whereas some 34,000 houses were swept away by the floods.

“The federal government is not paying any attention to what is happening in K-P. The K-P government has decided to divert development budget for rehabilitation of flood victims,” read a statement issued by Yousafzai on Saturday evening.

He expressed dissatisfaction over the delay in rescuing five friends who had lost their lives, adding that action would be taken against all those found guilty of negligence in saving the five youngsters.

The torrential monsoon rains across the country on Saturday inflicted further lives and property losses as the total death count in various incidents reached 982 and 1,456 individuals were injured since the onset of the downpours.

The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) issued a 24-hour situation report released on routine basis that accounted overall life, property, and infrastructure losses incurred by the heavy rains lashing out various parts of the country.

The heavy rains caused a roof collapse incident in Balochistan and caused the death of a woman.

In K-P, some 10 perished due to flash floods in various districts including one man each in Upper Dir and Swat and also a child in Kurram. In roof collapses in various districts, a man and woman died in Lakki Marwat, a male and child in Dera Ismail Khan, a man in Upper Kohistan, a woman and child died in South Waziristan.

Thirteen individuals were injured including a man in Upper Chitral in a landslide, and two women in Upper Dir due to flash flood. Six men and a woman were injured in Dera Ismail Khan and a woman and two children suffered injuries in South Waziristan.

In Punjab’s Rajanpur district, a man drowned in floodwater. Another man drowned in Dera Ghazi Khan.

In Sindh, 33 people perished as per the data added by the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) bringing the total to 339 deaths.

In Azad Jammu and Kashmir, a man was reported injured due to torrential rains in Neelum.

According to the NDMA, since the monsoon started in June more than two million acres of cultivated crops have been wiped out, 3,100 kilometres (1,900 miles) of roads have been destroyed and 149 bridges have been washed away.

Separately, the Federal Flood Commission (FFC) has said Kabul, Swat and Indus rivers would still run furious with water discharge of 263,000 cusecs, 89,000 cusecs and 586,000 cusecs respectively.

According to a daily FFC report on Saturday, because of the continuous heavy rainfall in the upper catchment areas on August 25 and 26, Swat River had experienced a very high flood situation. At present the flood flows in Swat River is receding.

Kabul River was flowing in “very high flood” at Nowshera with a discharge of 263,000 cusecs. It is presently discharging a maximum flow of 315,000 cusecs. Also it is in “high flood” upstream Nowshera i.e. at Warsak with 139,000 cusecs.

Indus River at Khairabad (junction point after merging Kabul River in Indus) was flowing in “high flood” of 586,000 cusecs. The flow has now receded to 555,000 cusecs as reported by the Tarbela Dam Management.

Indus River is flowing in high flood at Taunsa and Sukkur, and “medium flood” at Chashma, Guddu and Kotri.

It is in “low flood” at Tarbela and Kalabagh (the upstream two stations on Indus).

Other main rivers of the Indus River System including Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi and Sutlej are flowing in normal range.

Very high and above level flooding is likely to continue in Kabul River at Nowshera during the next 24 hours.

Indus River at Kalabagh and Chashma is likely to attain high to very high level flooding during the next 24 to 48 hours.

Historic monsoon rains and flooding in Pakistan have affected more than 30 million people over the last few weeks, the climate change minister said, calling the situation a “climate-induced humanitarian disaster of epic proportions”.

The military has joined the country’s national and provincial authorities in responding to the floods and the army chief on Saturday visited the province pf Balochistan, which has been hit heavily by the rains. “The people of Pakistan are our priority and we won’t spare any effort to assist them in this difficult time,” said Chief of Army Staff Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa.

Pakistani leaders have appealed to the international community for help and plan to launch an international appeal fund. The foreign affairs ministry said Turkey had sent a team to help with rescue efforts. “The magnitude of the calamity is bigger than estimated,” said Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, in a tweet, after visiting flooded areas.


Pakistan is eighth on the Global Climate Risk Index, a list compiled by the environmental NGO Germanwatch of countries deemed most vulnerable to extreme weather caused by climate change.

Still, the authorities must shoulder some of the blame for the devastation.

Corruption, poor planning and the flouting of local regulations mean thousands of buildings have been erected in areas prone to seasonal flooding -- albeit not as bad as this year.

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KARACHI: Administrator Karachi Barrister Murtaza Wahab ordered to telecast the much-awaited clash between arch-rivals India and Pakistan on big screens across different points of the city to raise funds for the flood victims.

Following this, the high-octane match between Pakistan and India will now be aired live on big screens at Karachi Municipal Corporation (KMC) headquarters, Frere Hall, Hill Park, Safari Park, and Urban Forest Clifton and flood relief camps will be set up simultaneously at the announced locations.

According to the details, Administrator Karachi released the order in a bid to raise funds and display solidarity with the flood victims, while requesting the citizens to deposit donations in the flood relief camps.

“We request the citizens to donate to the flood relief camp as there is an urgent need for tents, rations, medicines, firewood and drinking water for the flood victims in Sindh. The Sindh government is providing aid to the victims, but philanthropists should also participate in this charity because we have to help our brothers and sisters in this difficult time,” Administrator Karachi appealed to the masses.

“The match between traditional rivals Pakistan and India in the Asia Cup is also taking place on Sunday, so to mark the occasion, there will be big screens set up at KMC Head Office, Frere Hall, Safari Park, Hill Park and Urban Forest Clifton along with the flood relief camp. The arrangements will be made to telecast this match so that citizens can enjoy the match and do their humanitarian duty by donating to the flood relief fund,” he further added.

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Floods continued to devastate the country on Sunday, particularly the provinces of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) and Balochistan leaving at least 119 people dead and more than 70 injured in the past 24 hours.

Floods have claimed over 1,030 lives, with 74 deaths reported in Sindh, 31 in K-P, six in Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B), four in Balochistan, and one in Punjab and Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK).

According to the data released by the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), 32 children, 56 men and nine women are among those who died in the flood after the rains, while the number of victims has reached 5.77 million.
 
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KARACHI: Administrator Karachi Barrister Murtaza Wahab ordered to telecast the much-awaited clash between arch-rivals India and Pakistan on big screens across different points of the city to raise funds for the flood victims.

Following this, the high-octane match between Pakistan and India will now be aired live on big screens at Karachi Municipal Corporation (KMC) headquarters, Frere Hall, Hill Park, Safari Park, and Urban Forest Clifton and flood relief camps will be set up simultaneously at the announced locations.

According to the details, Administrator Karachi released the order in a bid to raise funds and display solidarity with the flood victims, while requesting the citizens to deposit donations in the flood relief camps.

“We request the citizens to donate to the flood relief camp as there is an urgent need for tents, rations, medicines, firewood and drinking water for the flood victims in Sindh. The Sindh government is providing aid to the victims, but philanthropists should also participate in this charity because we have to help our brothers and sisters in this difficult time,” Administrator Karachi appealed to the masses.

“The match between traditional rivals Pakistan and India in the Asia Cup is also taking place on Sunday, so to mark the occasion, there will be big screens set up at KMC Head Office, Frere Hall, Safari Park, Hill Park and Urban Forest Clifton along with the flood relief camp. The arrangements will be made to telecast this match so that citizens can enjoy the match and do their humanitarian duty by donating to the flood relief fund,” he further added.

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We urge the citizens to donate he says. The PPP were very generous by giving 50rps each to people who had nothing.
 
Rescue, rehabilitation underway as floods impact over 5.7 million people in Pakistan
More than 1,000 people have died in the ongoing flooding across the country triggered by relentless rainfall

Rescue, relief and rehabilitation on Sunday continued across Pakistan as the country faces the worst rain-induced flooding in its history impacting over 5.7 million people.

The death toll has so far exceeded 1,000 with 1,500 people injured, and 498,442 residing in relief camps across the country. At least 119 people have died in the last 24 hours, as reported by the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA).

The catastrophe has killed around 719,558 livestock. The government of Pakistan has made appeals for donations to cope with the devastating impact of floods on both national and international levels.

The flooding has also affected agricultural land and infrastructure in Pakistan leaving 949,858 homes damaged across provinces.

PM Shahbaz Sharif announces grant worth Rs10 billion
Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Sunday announced a grant worth Rs10 billion for Balochistan to cope with the impact of ongoing rain-induced floods in the province and assist flood victims.

The PM made the announcement following his visit to one of the flood-hit villages Haji Allah Dino, where he also met with affectees residing in relief camps.

Speaking to media during the visit, PM Shahbaz said that he had never witnessed such massive scale of destruction in his lifetime.

The PM thanked nations including Turkey and UAE that have extended support for Pakistan during the catastrophe. He shared that assistance would arrive from both nations in Karachi and Islamabad, respectively.

“We are grateful to the friendly countries for their support and solidarity. The UK government and other countries have announced their support in this hour of distress for which we express our thankfulness,” he said.

The PM shared that the PM Relief Fund has been receiving donations and cited a contribution worth Rs45 million made by a group, as well as another significant amount donated by an individual.

Acting Governor Balochistan Mir Jan Muhammad Jamali, Chief Minister Abdul Quddus Bizenjo, and Chief Secretary Abdul Aziz Aqeeli, as well as NDMA and PDMA authorities accompanied the PM on his visit during which he was briefed about the status of ongoing relief and rehabilitation works in the province.

The province's chief secretary informed the PM that 20 badly-affected districts including Killa Saifullah and Killa Abdullah, impacting around 1.3 million people of its population.

A total of 65,000 houses were completed destroyed, while the Quetta-Sukkkur road link had been cut off due to collapse of bridges. He also shared that 25 small dams in the province were breached and 78 others had developed cracks.

Aqeeli added that 450 solar tube wells were damaged, while millions of acres of agriculture land were swept away in the flooding. He shared that affectees were being provided cash assistance through BISP and arrangements were made to ensure food provision to more than 1 million people.

Sindh braces for deluge from swollen northern rivers
Pakistan’s flooded southern Sindh province braced for a fresh deluge from swollen rivers in the north.

The mighty Indus River that courses through the country’s second-most populous region is fed by dozens of mountain tributaries to the north, but many have burst their banks following record rains and glacier melt.

Officials warned torrents of water are expected to reach Sindh in the next few days, adding misery to millions already affected by the floods.

"Right now, Indus is in high flood," said Aziz Soomro, the supervisor of Sukkur Barrage.

Thousands of people living near flood-swollen rivers in Pakistan’s north were ordered to evacuate from danger zones, but army helicopters and rescuers are still plucking laggards to safety.

"People were informed around three or four o’clock in the morning to evacuate their houses," rescue worker Umar Rafiq told AFP.

"When the flood water hit the area we had to rescue children and women,” he said.

Many rivers in the area have burst their banks, demolishing scores of buildings including a 150-room hotel that crumbled into a raging torrent.

Guest house owner Nasir Khan, whose business was badly hit by the 2010 flooding, said he had lost everything.

"It has washed away the remaining part of the hotel," he told AFP.

The flood-swollen rivers were also yielding unlikely riches. Locals scrambled to snag thousands of valuable cedar, pine and oak logs that had likely been illegally harvested in the mountains but were being washed downstream.

Climate change to blame
Officials blame the devastation on human-driven climate change, saying Pakistan is unfairly bearing the consequences of irresponsible environmental practices elsewhere in the world.

Pakistan is eighth on NGO Germanwatch’s Global Climate Risk Index, a list of countries deemed most vulnerable to extreme weather caused by climate change.

Exacerbating the situation, corruption, poor planning and the flouting of local regulations mean thousands of buildings have been erected in areas prone to seasonal flooding.

In parts of Sindh, the only dry areas are the elevated roads and railroad tracks, alongside which tens of thousands of poor rural folk have taken shelter with their livestock.

Near Sukkur, a row of tents stretched for two kilometres, with people still arriving by boats loaded with wooden charpoy beds and pots and pans — the only possessions they could salvage.

"Water started rising in the river from yesterday, inundating all the villages and forcing us to flee," labourer Wakeel Ahmed, 22, told AFP.

Sukkur Barrage supervisor Soomro told AFP every sluice gate was open to deal with a river flow of more than 600,000 cubic metres per second.

While the capital Islamabad and adjoining twin garrison city of Rawalpindi have escaped the worst of the flooding, its effects were still being felt.

"Currently supplies are very limited," said Muhammad Ismail, a produce shopkeeper in Rawalpindi.

"Tomatoes, peas, onions and other vegetables are not available due to the floods," he told AFP, adding prices were also soaring.

The News PK
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">et us <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PrayTogether?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PrayTogether</a> for the people of Pakistan, hit by floods of disastrous proportions. Let us pray for the numerous victims, for the wounded and those forced from their homes, and that international solidarity might be prompt and generous.</p>— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) <a href="https://twitter.com/Pontifex/status/1563866486241779712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 28, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
 
Sad to see so many Indians online celebrating Pak's misery.
 
Browncaps said:
PPP MPA from Khairpur stealing and keeping flood relief aid in his own home. In addition to this per Imran Riaz and Siddique Jaan, ppp are forcing poor flood victims in parts of Sindh to administer oath on Qur'an to confirm they will vote for ppp to get the aid. Meanwhile, Zaradari's brother in law is giving some poor people in Sindh rupees 50 per family as flood aid while releasing water towards human-inhabited villages to protect Zardari's sisters farmland from the flood.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="ur" dir="rtl">ویڈیو نہیں بناوں MPA صاحب مجھے ڈانٹے گا۔ملازم۔۔<br><br>خیرپورمیرس سے پیپلزپارٹی کے منتخب نمائندہ MPA نعیم کھرل حکومتی امدادی سامان اپنے بنگلے پر لے گئے ، خدا کی مار ہو ان پر جو اس مشکل وقت میں بھی چوری کرنے سے باز نہیں آ رہے��<a href="https://twitter.com/SdqJaan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SdqJaan</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/Haqeeqat_TV?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Haqeeqat_TV</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/ImranRiazKhan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ImranRiazKhan</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D8%A6%DB%92_%D8%A8%DA%BE%D9%B9%D9%88?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#جیئے_بھٹو</a> <a href="https://t.co/d0I13u0vGC">pic.twitter.com/d0I13u0vGC</a></p>— ���������� ������������ (@Akramtweets143) <a href="https://twitter.com/Akramtweets143/status/1563502723831861253?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 27, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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Did you ever expect anything different from the PPP? These thugs should drown in shame but they wear their criminality with a badge of honour
 
Charges Filed Against Flood Victims who Shouted Slogans Against PM Shahbaz Sharif

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Filing terrorism FIRs against flood victims who shouted slogans against imported govt. A new low. <a href="https://t.co/7ACO17Lf1K">pic.twitter.com/7ACO17Lf1K</a></p>— SocialPariah (@Non_graata) <a href="https://twitter.com/Non_graata/status/1563498296211296258?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 27, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Booking “Flood Victims” for terrorism charges when they tell you that they are not getting the aid is just disgusting. Rather than helping them this Fascist PM & Govt books them for terrorism. <a href="https://t.co/lH2HL46zMe">pic.twitter.com/lH2HL46zMe</a></p>— Abubakar Khan Suri (@SuriAbubakar) <a href="https://twitter.com/SuriAbubakar/status/1563810994840821760?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 28, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
 
The government on Sunday warned that the number of population affected by floods may rise from 33 million as the length and breadth of the country continued to reel from the destruction caused by torrential rains and deluge.

Federal Minister for Climate Change Sherry Rehman said the government, supported by the United Nations and other humanitarian agencies, is leading the humanitarian action.

Talking about the destruction, she said that as many as 1,033 people have lost their lives and more than 1,500 are injured.

“Kabul River is still at ‘very high flood level’ at Nowshera as more than 300,000 cusecs of water was crossing the river,” she said, adding that with 500,000 cusecs, water levels in River Indus at Taunsa, Sukkur and Chashma are at ‘high flood level’.
 
The flash floods have inflicted a loss of at least $10 billion on different sectors of the country’s struggling economy, says Minister for Finance Miftah Ismail.

Talking to this reporter, Miftah said these were the initial assessments that might escalate after conducting surveys on the ground. Miftah said he did not have the details of the losses faced by each sector of the economy at the moment.

Asked whether the country had taken the donors into confidence on the initial assessment of damage, the minister replied in the negative. Top official sources said Islamabad would first seek financial assistance from the international community and then it might assess the damages separately or jointly with the donors to work out the exact figures, but first of all the government would focus on all-out relief efforts in order to rescue the victims.

In 2005 earthquake and 2010 floods, Pakistan and donors assessed the losses caused to different sectors of economy and then the donors helped Islamabad during the reconstruction phase after relief and rehabilitation.

Now the same strategy would be adopted. Initial assessments show that more than 1,000 people and millions of livestock have died in different parts of the country besides damage to an untold number of houses, hotels and roods in major flood-hit areas of Punjab, Sindh, Balochistan and KP.

Miftah says PTI has put country’s economy at risk for politicking; hits back at Fawad, Hammad; says IK’s lust for power knows no bounds News Desk adds: Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Miftah Ismail on Sunday fired back at PTI leaders Chaudhry Fawad Hussain and Hammad Azhar, saying the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has put the country’s economy at risk and PTI Chairman Imran Khan’s lust for power has no bounds.

The finance minister, firing back at PTI leader Chaudhry Fawad Hussain for his critical remarks, tweeted: “Chaudhry sb, you have endangered Pakistan’s economy just for the sake of politics. This is very saddening. You were not like this before but the PTI has left very bad impact on you.”

Earlier, PTI leader Chaudhry Fawad Hussain tweeted: “It is simple that we can’t chop off our hands and give them to the IMF. No one trusts your corrupt government. Therefore put all the conditions of IMF programme before the nation. After getting the loans, you will run away, while the nation will have to bear the brunt. Therefore, there should be full disclosure of the IMF programme.”

Hitting back at PTI leader Hammad Azhar, Miftah tweeted: “You know this is absolutely untrue. Fawad said on TV a day before that such letters would be coming. Your successor called KP’s & Punjab’s finance ministries for these letters. Punjab refused. KP complied. Then, PTI leaked it. Shame really. IK’s lust for power knows no bounds.”

Earlier, Hammad Azhar tweeted: “From Miftah leaking Jhagra’s letter just before IMF meeting to the entire PDM doing nothing but photoshoots on the flood catastrophe. These artificial rulers are not only incompetent but also disgraceful.”
 
Widespread floods in Pakistan that have killed more than 1,000 people since mid-June may not have reached their peak yet, experts have warned.

All four of the country's provinces have been hit by the unusually heavy rains, with over 30 million people affected.

Flash floods have swept away villages, crops, and 800,000 livestock, as soldiers and rescue workers evacuated stranded residents to relief camps and provided food to thousands of displaced Pakistanis.

Nearly 300,000 homes have been destroyed, numerous roads are impassable, and there have been widespread electricity outages.

Peter Ophoff, from the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, told Sky News: "The monsoon season should have stopped by the end of July. We are now in the end of August, and we still have very heavy rain. Many people are thinking that we haven't reached a peak yet."

The number of dead reached at least 1,061 people after new fatalities were reported in several different provinces.

Flooding from the Swat River hit Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where tens of thousands of people - particularly in the Charsadda and Nowshehra districts - have been evacuated from their homes to camps in government buildings.

Pakistan floods: Tens of thousands flee homes as country's PM warns 'magnitude of calamity' is worse than feared

Some 180,000 people have been evacuated from villages in Charsadda and 150,000 in Nowshehra.

Sherry Rehman, Pakistan's top climate official, said in a video on Twitter that her country was experiencing a "serious climate catastrophe, one of the hardest in the decade".

She said: "We are at the moment at the ground zero of the frontline of extreme weather events, in an unrelenting cascade of heatwaves, forest fires, flash floods, multiple glacial lake outbursts, flood events, and now the monster monsoon of the decade is wreaking non-stop havoc throughout the country."

Peter Ophoff also told Sky News: "The situation in Pakistan is dire. We are experiencing the worst floods in decades.

"The biggest problem is access. We have around 3,000km (1,860 miles) of roads that have been destroyed, 160 bridges have been washed away."

Foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari said Pakistan needs financial help to deal with "overwhelming" floods and many crops that provided livelihoods to a large proportion of the population had been wiped out.

The International Monetary Fund board will decide this week whether to release $1.2bn (£1bn) as part of the seventh and eighth tranches of Pakistan's bailout programme, which it entered in 2019.

He said: "Going forward, I would expect not only the IMF, but the international community and international agencies to truly grasp the level of devastation."

Pakistan's government has sent soldiers to help civilian authorities in rescue and relief operations.

Military chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa has visited flood-affected areas of southern Sindh province to push through relief work.

Meanwhile, the Pakistani army said it airlifted 22 tourists who were trapped in a valley in the country's north to safety.

https://news.sky.com/story/pakistan...people-may-not-have-reached-peak-yet-12684218
 
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This combination of photos taken on 24 March and 28 August shows the Indus River following flooding in Rajanpur. Pic: Maxar Technologies via AP
 
Saw some images from the flood-affected areas. Not a good sight.

May things get better over there.
 
A charity has said its aid workers in Pakistan are being "overwhelmed" by the tens of thousands of people affected by flooding.

Nottingham-based Muslim Hands is offering life-saving support in the country which has been struck by heavy monsoon rain.

More than 1,000 people have been killed while millions have been displaced.

The demand for help was so high, the self-funded aid agency said it faced an overwhelming task to support everyone.

It has asked supporters in the UK to donate whatever they can to help "their brothers and sisters" in Pakistan.

Officials say at least 700,000 homes have been destroyed by the flooding which has been caused by an intense period of heavy rain.

The non-governmental organisation operates in 52 countries and has been handing out tents, food and supplies to people in some of Pakistan's most rural areas.

Yasrab Shah, director of fundraising for the Hyson Green charity, said about 33 million people - or 15% of the Pakistani population - had been affected by the floods.

"People are saying this crisis is on a biblical scale - it's that level of devastation," he said.

"It's a huge catastrophe and that's why I'm not surprised the Pakistani government has declared a national disaster.

"We are being overwhelmed - people are saying they haven't eaten for days."

With significant damage to infrastructure, Mr Shah said the charity's biggest challenge was getting help to those in the most rural areas of Pakistan.

On occasions, their aid workers were offering the first help some communities had seen, he said.

Mr Shah has appealed for more help in funding their work in Asia.

"We are not funded by any government bodies," he said.

"We are funded by ordinary donors on the street and we desperately need people to come forward and show an outpouring of donations to their brothers and sisters in Pakistan."

BBC
 
Pakistan's planning minister says early estimates show the devastating floods to hit the country have caused at least $10bn (£8.5bn) of damage.

His comment comes as another government minister said that one-third of the South Asian nation has been submerged.

Separately on Monday, Pakistan received a $1.1bn bailout from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

That money is aimed to help the cash-strapped economy avoid defaulting on its debts.

The unprecedented flash floods caused by historic monsoon rains have killed at least 1,136 people and affected more than 33 million, over 15% of the country's population.

The torrential rains have also washed away roads, crops, homes, bridges and other infrastructure.

I think it is going to be huge. So far, [a] very early, preliminary estimate is that it is big, it is higher than $10 billion," Pakistan's planning minister Ahsan Iqbal told the Reuters news agency.

Mr Iqbal added that the country would face serious food shortages in the coming weeks and months and believed that the floods were worse than those that hit Pakistan in 2010, the deadliest in the country's history which left more than 2,000 people dead.

To address the food shortages, finance minister Miftah Ismail said Pakistan could consider importing vegetables from arch-rival India.

On Monday, the country's climate change minister Sherry Rehman described the situation as a "climate-induced humanitarian disaster of epic proportions."

"Literally, one-third of Pakistan is underwater right now, which has exceeded every boundary, every norm we've seen in the past," Ms Rehman told the AFP news agency.

Even before the floods Pakistan was suffering from an economic crisis and had been negotiating with the IMF over a bailout.

Official figures released in recent weeks showed that the country had only enough foreign currencies in reserve for about a month of imports as its economy struggles with an annual inflation rate of almost 25%.

In a statement on the $1.1bn bailout, IMF deputy managing director Antoinette Sayeh said: "Pakistan's economy has been buffeted by adverse external conditions, due to spillovers from the war in Ukraine, and domestic challenges, including from accommodative policies that resulted in uneven and unbalanced growth."

The floods were not mentioned in the statement.

BBC
 
The government and the United Nations (UN) will jointly launch "2022 Pakistan Floods Response Plan (FRP)" on Tuesday simultaneously in Islamabad and Geneva.

“Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari will deliver the keynote address at the launch event being hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, followed by a video message from Secretary General of the UN Mr. Antonio Guterres,” said the Foreign Office (FO) spokesperson in a press release.

Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal will also speak at the event as he is the chairperson of the "Relief Coordination Committee" constituted by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.

“The FRP has been prepared in close coordination with National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA). Chairman NDMA Lt. Gen. Akhtar Nawaz will also brief the session,” added the FO.

UN High Commissioner for Refugees, UN Resident Coordinator in Islamabad, and the Assistant Secretary General of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) will also speak at the event.

“The launch event will be attended by all UN Member States as well as various UN agencies and humanitarian organizations working in the area of disaster relief. The FRP will acknowledge the Government’s overall humanitarian response to the recent floods caused by unprecedented rains in Pakistan,” the FO added.

Initially, authorities in Pakistan were slow to react but the latest reports from the troubled regions indicate the damage caused by current floods is far greater than the super floods of 2010.

Unprecedented flash floods caused by historic monsoon rains have washed away roads, crops, infrastructure and bridges, killing at least 1,000 people in recent weeks and affecting more than 33 million
 
Pakistan’s officially recorded death toll from floods increased by 75 in the last 24 hours - 27 were children including 21 from Larkana
 
The UN is appealing for $160m (£136m) in emergency funding to help Pakistan deal with devastating floods.

More than 1,150 people have been killed and nearly half a million displaced in the disaster.

"Pakistan is awash in suffering," UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said in a video message for the launch of the appeal.

The floods have affected more than 33 million people, or one in seven Pakistanis.

Pakistani authorities, supported by the military, rescuers and volunteers, have been battling the aftermath of the floods.

Although rain stopped three days ago and floodwater in some areas were receding, large areas remain underwater.

Rescue workers were evacuating stranded people to safer ground, including makeshift tent camps that have sprung up along motorways, villages and towns.

According to initial estimates by the government, the devastation has caused $10m (£8.5m) of damage to the economy, however, the planning minister, Ahsan Iqbal, said this was a preliminary estimate and the actual cost will be "far greater".

Laura Bundock looks at some reasons for the current mass flooding in Pakistan and what it might mean for the future of the country.
On Monday, the International Monetary Fund's executive board approved the release of $1.17bn £1bn for Pakistan.

It is part of a bailout accord the IMF and Pakistan signed in 2019, but the release of a $1.17bn tranche had been put on hold this year after the IMF raised concerns about Pakistan's compliance with the deal's terms under Imran Khan's government.

Last week, the UN allocation $3m (£2.5m) for aid agencies and their partners to respond to the floods, with the money used for health, nutrition, food security, water and sanitation services.

Pakistan's climate minister, Sherry Rehman said on Monday that new monsoons were expected in September.

While monsoons are common at this time of year in the region, they hit earlier than usual in Pakistan, according to officials.

The massive rainfall last week affected nearly the whole country, and while Pakistan is used to monsoon rains and flooding, Ms Rehman said, but not like this.

The flooding has the hallmarks of a natural disaster fuelled by climate change, but it is too early to assign blame on global warming, experts said.

"This year, Pakistan has received the highest rainfall in at least three decades. So far this year the rain is running at more than 780% above average levels," said Abid Qaiyum Suleri, executive director of the Sustainable Development Policy Institute and a member of Pakistan's Climate Change Council.

"Extreme weather patterns are turning more frequent in the region, and Pakistan is not an exception."

Pakistan saw similar flooding and devastation in 2010 that killed nearly 2,000 people, but the government did not implement plans to prevent future flooding by preventing construction and homes in flood-prone areas and river beds, said Mr Suleri.

Floods and monsoon rains have damaged one million houses and affected 33 million people and reflects how poorer nations can often pay the price for climate change largely caused by more industrialised nations.

Since 1959, Pakistan has been responsible for only 0.4% of the world's historic CO2 emissions, while the US is responsible for 21.5%, China for 16.5% and the EU 15%.

According to the National Disaster Management Authority, at least 498,000 people in the country of 220 million are in relief camps after being displaced.

Many more displaced victims are believed to be living with relatives, friends or out in the open, without shelter.

Pakistan started receiving international aid this week, and more planes carrying aid from Turkey and the United Arab Emirates landed at an airport near Islamabad on Tuesday, according to a statement released by the military.

It said Chinese planes carrying aid will arrive later on Tuesday and 6,500 Pakistani military personnel have been deployed to help authorities in rescue and relief operations.

SKY
 
Feudal Lord Pir Ameer Ali Shah Jeelani of PPP is sitting on top whilst the "commons" sit on the ground. The fatso then drank a cold drink, shoved biscuits in his fat mouth and cleaned his shoes with mineral water. A scene straight outta Anurag Kashyap's movies.


<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="ur" dir="rtl">سیلاب اور وڈیرے کے بیٹے ۔ فرش پر بیٹھی غریب عوام ہے ۔ چارپائی پر بیٹھے کولڈ ڈرنک پیتے یہ ایم این اے پیر امیر علی شاہ جیلانی ہے ۔ سائیں بوتل پینے کے بعد سگریٹ سُلگاتے ہیں ۔ پھر پیر صاحب منرل واٹر پانی سے اپنا جوتا صاف کرتے ہیں ۔ ہائے میری سندھ کے نصیب <a href="https://t.co/8brW56Wwbz">pic.twitter.com/8brW56Wwbz</a></p>— Sanjay Sadhwani (@sanjaysadhwani2) <a href="https://twitter.com/sanjaysadhwani2/status/1564241383128432640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 29, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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I just hope these fascists do not attack the reporter Sanjay Sadhwani here for posting this video.
 
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