EU allocates €1.8 mln in humanitarian assistance for flood victims in Pakistan

Islamabad: The European Union is providing €1.8 million in humanitarian aid to families affected by flash floods across large parts of Pakistan. The aid funding will assist affected people in some of the hardest-hit districts of Sindh, Balochistan, Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces.

Commissioner for Crisis Management, Janez Lenarčič, said: “Unusually heavy monsoon rains led to deadly flash floods in Pakistan. While the assessment on the ground is ongoing, we expect more than 1 million people having lost their homes and in need of direct assistance.

Thank you very much Commissioner Lenarcic for EU’s continued support for the flood affected in Pakistan. It is greatly appreciated. @ForeignOfficePk @RKionka @WiegandEU https://t.co/2W8VrU2U2s

— Asad M. Khan (@asadmk17) August 26, 2022

The EU contribution underlines our commitment to the people of Pakistan and enables our partners to provide life-saving aid to those most affected.” 

The funding is allocated to EU humanitarian partners operating on the ground to meet immediate needs of flood stricken families, including through the provision of temporary emergency shelter, food and clean water, cash transfers and primary healthcare services.

This latest funding comes in addition to last week’s allocation of €350,000 in aid to help people in Pakistan’s flood-affected province of Balochistan.

The EU is funding humanitarian aid operations in Pakistan since the 1990s. 

-- Parliamentarians announce to donate one-month salary --

Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb on Friday said the members of Parliament, responding to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s call for assistance to flood affected people had announced to give one-month salary in the flood relief fund.

In a tweet, she said the parliamentarians had expressed their solidarity with the flood victims by donating one-month salary and would continue to help the government in carrying out relief and rehabilitation activities.