PM Shehbaz directs authorities to provide financial assistance to flood-hit families

PM Shehbaz directs authorities to provide financial assistance to flood-hit families.

Key points

• News Desk Published August 22, 2026 Updated August 22, 2026 11: 45am.
• According to NDMA, 164 individuals have died in Pakistan between June 26 and August 21 during the ongoing monsoon season.
• He was additionally informed that work on rehabilitating infrastructure in areas affected in Punjab, Sindh, Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Gilgit Baltistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir was ongoing.
• Rain, wind and thunderstorms with isolated heavy downpours are projected throughout Punjab's major cities and divisions, including Lahore, Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Sargodha, Faisalabad and Multan.
• In KP, downpours are projected throughout the Hazara, Malakand, Peshawar, Mardan, Kohat and Dera Ismail Khan divisions.

News Desk Published August 22, 2026 Updated August 22, 2026 11: 45am. Join our Whatsapp Channel. Add Dawn as a trusted source.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday directed the relevant authorities to provide financial backing to families affected by the recent monsoon rains and floods, the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) stated.

According to The statement, the premier issued the directions while chairing a gathering on the recent monsoon rains and floods and the damage caused.

During the session, he directed that financial assistance be provided to the families of those who had lost their lives in the floods as well as to those whose homes had been partially or completely destroyed, the statement stated.

He instructed that restoration of the power supply and the rehabilitation of roads be completed as shortly as feasible, it continued.

He further directed the relevant federal ministers and secretaries to visit the affected areas, assess the damage, initiate rehabilitation work and expedite relief activities.

PM Shehbaz ordered that essential food items and other relief supplies be delivered as shortly as feasible to the areas that had so far remained inaccessible.

He additionally directed the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) and the Provincial District Management Authorities (PDMAs) to remain fully prepared in view of the possibility of further rains and flooding.

According to The statement, during the gathering, the prime minister was briefed on the effects of monsoon in the current year and the update on relief activities taken by the NDMA and provinces.

In the briefing, he was informed that flood affectees nationwide had been shifted to safer areas in a timely manner. While measures were being taken to send more relief items to these areas, the statement remarked, PM Shehbaz was further informed that over all 615 tonnes of relief goods had been dispatched to affected areas.

Early warning systems were additionally operational in the northern areas, the gathering was informed. The systems had enabled the timely evacuation of a number of citizens to safe locations before the floods, it went on.

On Friday, the Pakistan Met­­­­­eorological Department forecast a fresh spell of rain, wind and thundershowers nationwide's upper and central regions through the weekend, warning of potential urban and flash flooding.

According to the Met Office, continuous monsoon currents are penetrating upper and central parts of Pakistan, alongside a westerly wave, bringing downpours from Aug 22 (today) to Aug 23 with occasional gaps.

In KP, downpours are projected throughout the Hazara, Malakand, Peshawar, Mardan, Kohat and Dera Ismail Khan divisions. The weather system will additionally affect the entire Gilgit-Baltistan region and the Kashmir region, including Muzaffarabad and Mirpur.

While Sindh and Balochistan will mostly remain hot and humid, isolated showers are projected in Balochistan's Kalat and Zhob divisions.

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