Islamabad: Pakistan The government has set up a nodal disaster agency to provide an institutional response to the devastating floods caused by record monsoon rains that have displaced 33 million or one-seventh of the country’s population.
The nationwide death toll has risen to 1,136 as of Monday, with 1,634 injured and over 33 million displaced, according to the latest figures released by the National Disaster Management Authority.
Pakistan’s Home Minister ehsaan iqbal said on Tuesday that the country would need more than USD 10 billion, which is about 3 per cent of the country’s GDP, to rebuild flood-ravaged infrastructure.
The Shahbaz Sharif-led federal government on Monday set up the National Flood Response and Coordination Centre, which will include federal ministers, representatives of the armed forces, chief ministers and experts, to provide appropriate institutional response to the disaster.
“The center will act as a bridge between disaster management officials, donors and government institutions. It will collect and analyze the latest information and pass it on to the relevant government agencies. It will also oversee rescue and relief operations including restoration of infrastructure,” the PM’s office tweeted after the meeting.
The move comes as the “2022 Pakistan Flood Response Plan (FRP)” is being jointly launched by the government of Pakistan and the United Nations simultaneously in Islamabad and Geneva on Tuesday.
foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari He will deliver the keynote address at the launch event organized by the Ministry of External Affairs, followed by a video message from UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, according to the Foreign Office.
The launch event will include all UN member states as well as various humanitarian organizations working in the field of disaster relief.
The FRP will complement the overall humanitarian response of the Government of Pakistan to the recent floods caused by unprecedented rains in Pakistan.
Meanwhile, Canada continued aid in the form of an announcement of USD 5 million, while the Chinese government has promised 100 million yuan to the Pakistan government.
Later Queen Elizabethhis son prince charles I expressed my heartfelt condolences on Monday.
In a message to the President of Pakistan, Prince Charles “My wife and I are deeply saddened by the devastation caused by the recent floods in Pakistan. We extend our condolences to all the victims and their loved ones and the lakhs of people who have lost property and their livelihood.”
The heavy downpour from rivers in the north is threatening to breach the banks of the Indus river in Sindh province, the Express Tribune reported.
According to the Dawn newspaper, torrential rains continue in Sindh province as acres of fertile farmland have been washed away, causing USD 1.6 billion in damages.
The nationwide death toll has risen to 1,136 as of Monday, with 1,634 injured and over 33 million displaced, according to the latest figures released by the National Disaster Management Authority.
Pakistan’s Home Minister ehsaan iqbal said on Tuesday that the country would need more than USD 10 billion, which is about 3 per cent of the country’s GDP, to rebuild flood-ravaged infrastructure.
The Shahbaz Sharif-led federal government on Monday set up the National Flood Response and Coordination Centre, which will include federal ministers, representatives of the armed forces, chief ministers and experts, to provide appropriate institutional response to the disaster.
“The center will act as a bridge between disaster management officials, donors and government institutions. It will collect and analyze the latest information and pass it on to the relevant government agencies. It will also oversee rescue and relief operations including restoration of infrastructure,” the PM’s office tweeted after the meeting.
The move comes as the “2022 Pakistan Flood Response Plan (FRP)” is being jointly launched by the government of Pakistan and the United Nations simultaneously in Islamabad and Geneva on Tuesday.
foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari He will deliver the keynote address at the launch event organized by the Ministry of External Affairs, followed by a video message from UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, according to the Foreign Office.
The launch event will include all UN member states as well as various humanitarian organizations working in the field of disaster relief.
The FRP will complement the overall humanitarian response of the Government of Pakistan to the recent floods caused by unprecedented rains in Pakistan.
Meanwhile, Canada continued aid in the form of an announcement of USD 5 million, while the Chinese government has promised 100 million yuan to the Pakistan government.
Later Queen Elizabethhis son prince charles I expressed my heartfelt condolences on Monday.
In a message to the President of Pakistan, Prince Charles “My wife and I are deeply saddened by the devastation caused by the recent floods in Pakistan. We extend our condolences to all the victims and their loved ones and the lakhs of people who have lost property and their livelihood.”
The heavy downpour from rivers in the north is threatening to breach the banks of the Indus river in Sindh province, the Express Tribune reported.
According to the Dawn newspaper, torrential rains continue in Sindh province as acres of fertile farmland have been washed away, causing USD 1.6 billion in damages.