Pakistan’s government has requested assistance from the international community in the aftermath of widespread flooding.
The Federal Government has asked the international community to help with relief efforts after severe rains caused major floods throughout the country.
According to government authorities, the government is requesting worldwide assistance for relief efforts as it struggles to cope with the tragic situation caused by floods, which has killed over 900 people.
It should be noted that Pakistan is already on the edge of bankruptcy and is dealing with financial and repair challenges as a result of flood-related devastation. However, the government must lower its spending in order for the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to release the rescue funds.
Sherry Rehman, Federal Minister for Climatic Change, tweeted, “There is no doubt that the provinces or Islamabad would be able to deal with this enormity of climate calamity on their own.” Thousands of people are homeless, and their lives are in jeopardy. International partners must mobilise help.”
Meanwhile, Sardar Sarfaraz, a senior official with the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD), revealed on Wednesday that rainfall throughout the country was 200 percent above normal in July, making it the rainy July since 1961.
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Since mid-June, severe floods and rainfalls have affected 2.3 million people, destroyed about 95,350 buildings, and damaged 224,100, according to the United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
Rains in Sindh and Balochistan killed about 504,000 animals, the most of which were in Balochistan, and damaged over 3,000 km of roads and 129 bridges, causing various jams.
The major road from Karachi to Balochistan has been closed after a bridge was washed away by a flood a week ago, and many small dams in Balochistan were overfilled.
