A United Nations 'Flash Appeal' is to be launched simultaneously in Geneva and Islamabad on August 30 as unprecedented rains have caused devastating floods across Pakistan. He said the government announced a state of emergency owing to huge loss of life, property, infrastructure, livestock and livelihoods. A National Emergency Operations Center is operating, and a National Relief Coordination Committee constituted by the prime minister is working under the chair of the minister for planning, he added. A UN Flash Appeal is also going to be launched on Tuesday 30 August simultaneously from Geneva and Islamabad." Rs5 billion have immediately been released to the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) to accelerate the rescue, relief and rehabilitation efforts.

Source: The Express Tribune August 26, 2022 21:00 UTC