On Monday, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif traveled to Quetta for a day-long visit to supervise relief efforts in Balochistan’s flood-affected areas.
flood-hit Balochistan
The Provincial Disaster Management Authority reports that nine more individuals have died in rain-related mishaps in Balochistan over the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of people killed in such accidents since June 1 to 136. This is in conjunction with the prime minister’s visit (PDMA).
The Minister for Defence Production, Israr Tareen, the Minister for Information, Marriyum Aurangzeb, the Minister for Housing and Works, Maulana Abdul Wasay, the Minister for Narcotics Control, Shahzain Bugti, the Minister of State for Energy, Mohammad Hashim Notezai, the MNA for Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal, Salahuddin Ayubi, and the Chairman of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA),
After arriving in Quetta, he received a thorough briefing from the NDMA, which was followed by instructions for the prompt distribution of financial aid to the relatives of those who lost their lives as a result of rain and flooding, according to state-run Radio Pakistan.
The government has boosted the amount of financial help for people whose homes had been destroyed by rain to Rs500,000, the prime minister remarked at the time.
