Global financial institutions have announced to provide immediate assistance to flood victims of more than $500 million aid.
This move has been taken after Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif issued an appeal for helping the flood victims across the country.
Heavy floods and monsoon rains have posed unprecedented challenges to the people of Sindh and Balochistan.
Hundreds of people have been found dead, crops have been destroyed and land routes have been blocked which has caused hindrance in relief operations in different areas of the country.
Earlier, 3 million dollars were allocated to assist the flood victims.
Across #Pakistan, floods & landslides caused by ongoing heavy monsoon rains have affected 1 million people, killing over 500.
I’ve allocated US$3M from @UNCERF for an urgent response. This fund will help our agencies & partners provide assistance to 90,000 most affected people. pic.twitter.com/xVrQsTgBuU
— Martin Griffiths (@UNReliefChief) August 24, 2022
Prime Minister Mian Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif here on Thursday said extended full support and assistance to flood victims were the collective responsibility of Federal and Provincial Governments and we all are united on the issue of floods.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif also announced an increase in financial assistance for the flood affectees.
The PM visited the flood-affected Meeran Village of Paroa Tehsil and BandKorai Village of Paharpur Tehsil of Dera Ismail Khan District and Pai, Ranwal, Garah Shahbaz, Chirhi, Therhi, and other villages of Tank District.
Addressing flood victims of BandKorai, the Prime Minister said that providing assistance and rehabilitation was the joint responsibility of all segments of the society including of the coalition Government, Provincial Governments, and other relevant departments.
He said every challenge including floods could be tackled with unity and collective efforts.
He urged the KP Government to increase the compensation amount to 1 million PKR for each deceased heir and also speed up the rehabilitation process.
Besides KP Provincial Government assistance, The PM announced financial assistance of 1 Million PKR for each deceased heir, 0.2 Million for each injured, 0.25 million for partial damage to the house, and 0.5 million for the complete demolition of the house during the floods. The Prime Minister said that 58pc revenue of the National Finance Commission goes to Provinces.
The Prime Minister visited the flood-affected villages of Tank District where he expressed sympathy with the flood affectees and assured them of all kinds of cooperation.
The prime minister was briefed by Deputy Commissioner Tank Hameedullah Khattak, a total of 437 houses were damaged during the flood, the flood also devastated the standing crops, and livestock in Pai, Ranwal, and its adjoining villages Garah Shahbaz, Chirhi, and Therhi.
PM Shehbaz Sharif also met with the flood affectees and minor children, when a senior citizen in Pai told Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif while crying that any Prime Minister has ever come to our area in more than 60 years, the PM embraced him.
In Tank, the PM visited three medical camps and one temporary camp set up in the Amakhel area.
The Prime Minister also visited the flood-affected area Meeran of Prova Tehsil. Mr. PM also visited a relief camp established in a Ramak School where about 200 to 300 families were given food and non-food items besides the provision of medical treatment.
The PM was briefed that flash floods damaged about 293 houses besides destroying 1720 hectares of agricultural land. The prime minister also interacted with flood-affected people and assured full support of the government in this challenging time.
Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif addressed certain points during the visit to flood-hit areas of Tank and Dera Ismail Khan.
Mr. Shehbaz said a joint survey of Federal, Provincial Governments, NDMA, PDMA, and other relevant authorities would be conducted for the assessment of crops and livestock damages caused by floods so that compensation amount could be provided to genuinely affected people.
Mr. PM also directed the National Highways Authority (NHA) to immediately start the reconstruction of the destroyed roads after the completion of the survey.
He said that Pakistan was created after a lot of sacrifices by our forefathers under the dynamic leadership of Quaid e Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah and we need to work for its development, every challenge can be countered by strictly adhering to the teaching of the Holy Quran and Sunnah of the Holy Prophet Muhammad S.A.W.
The Prime Minister said the poor countries that achieved progress were because of hard work and Pakistan has all resources including mines and minerals, and rivers besides human resources to achieve rapid progress and prosperity through hard work and discipline.
The PM added that Pakistan can achieve economic prosperity and come out of the influence of the IMF after the effective utilization of natural resources.
PDM Chief Maulana Fazal Ur Rehman also accompanied the PM on his visit.
Speaking on the occasion, Maulana Fazl ur Rehman said that work on Nawaz Sharif Govt’s mega projects that were halted during the last fours in D I Khan would be restarted and the Prime Minister would be requested to come again to D I Khan to announce more mega projects for people of southern districts of the province.
Senior Deputy Amir of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Dera and Maulana Fazl’s brother Maulana Obaid ur Rehman drew the attention of the PM to the destruction of the river system and the closure of natural flood channels due to the non-cleaning of the rivers.
The local leadership of Pakistan Muslim League-N was not considered worthy of attention and all the management of the visit was in the hands of the Local Leadership of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (Fazl).
On the visit of PM Shehbaz in Village Meeran of Prova Tehsil, all the arrangements were in the hands of MPA Prova Maulana Lutf ur Rahman in village Meeran of Prova
All the arrangements in Paharpur were made by Maulana Fazlur Rahman’s brother Maulana Ziaur Rahman, while the arrangements in Tank were made by Minister of Communication and Postal Services and MNA Mufti Asad Mehmood and MPA Tank Mahmood Khan Bhettanni.
The PM also lauded the NDMA, PDMAs, and the ministers concerned for putting in their efforts to ensure early relief and rehabilitation of the affected people.
The visit was made after PDM Chief Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman requested the Prime Minister to visit the flood-affected areas of D I Khan and Tank Districts.
