Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has announced that the government had decided to increase the flood relief assistance under Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) from the existing Rs 28 billion to Rs 70 billion. Speaking during his visit to the relief camp set up in Qambar Shahdad Kot, the prime minister said that the country witnessed unprecedented loss due to floods. Medical camps, he said, had also been set up at the relief camps to avert the spread of diseases. The prime minister expressed gratitude to the friendly countries for extending assistance to Pakistan following the flood losses. He urged the nation including intelligentsia and media to focus on the flood situation and set aside highlighting politics for later times.

Source: The Nation September 06, 2022 00:58 UTC