- PM Shehbaz directs NDMA to expedite rescue operations in nine affected districts of Swat, Buner, Bajaur, Torghar, Mansehra, Shangla, and Battagram, with urgent focus on Bajaur and Battagram
- Expresses grief over devastation caused by floods, extends condolences to bereaved families
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif is personally overseeing rescue and relief operations after catastrophic rains and cloudburst-triggered flash floods in the upper parts of the country, Radio Pakistan reported.
The Prime Minister is in constant touch with the Chairman National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) to ensure the delivery of relief materials to the affected districts, transport people to safe places and to carry out the search operation for missing persons speedily and effectively, said a statement from the Prime Minister’s Office.
On the special instructions of the Prime Minister, the Federal Minister for Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan visited the flood-affected areas in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for the whole day and personally supervised the delivery of relief materials, the PMO added.
The Prime Minister directed further speeding up of the rescue operation in the affected areas.
He directed the provision of tents, medicines, immediate medical assistance and all related facilities to the flood victims on a priority basis.
He instructed the NDMA to provide advance weather information to the residents of the affected and adjacent areas and remain prepared for any possible emergency.
He also directed the National Disaster Management Authority to further enhance coordination with the provincial disaster management authorities and the disaster management institutions of Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan and provide them with all forms of assistance, Radio Pakistan said.
He ordered speedy action to immediately restore the roads closed due to rains and landslides.
He has also directed to provide assistance to the passengers stranded on the closed highways as soon as possible.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has expressed deep grief over the devastation caused by cloudbursts and flash floods in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and northern Pakistan.
In a post on his X handle, he extended heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families. He said we stand in solidarity with our brothers and sisters in this hour of grief.
The Prime Minister said the government is mobilizing all resources for rescue and relief operations.
Referring to his meeting with the Chairman NDMA, Shehbaz Sharif said he has directed to expedite rescue operations in the nine affected districts of Swat, Buner, Bajaur, Torghar, Mansehra, Shangla, and Battagram, with urgent focus on Bajaur and Battagram.
He said immediate relief is being provided to stranded residents, medical aid to the injured, and heavy machinery has been deployed to clear roads and restore connectivity.
