On Friday, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif announced the launch of an anti-training campaign at the national level around rivers, rivers and natural sailors, saying that the protection of aquatic channels was essential to avoid future flood disasters. President of a high -level meeting to examine the damage caused by the current rains and floods, the Prime Minister directed immediate rescue and recovery operations, as well as long -term preventive measures. Assistance to flood victims, he said, was a "national duty."
According to his office, the Prime Minister ordered the Ministry of Water Resources to extend full support for the government of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa in the restoration of water supply systems disturbed by floods. "Rescue and rescue pass first, but rehabilitation must start without delay," He added. The Prime Minister also ordered that the federal ministers and the secretaries be deployed in districts affected by the floods to supervise and coordinate rescue efforts on the ground. He also expressed his concerns about new periods of heavy rains expected in the coming days, ordering the authorities to issue early warnings in a timely manner and to ensure strict monitoring of vulnerable areas. Focusing on Gilgit-Baltistan, where an explosion of the Glacier in Ghizer had created an artificial lake, the Prime Minister instructed the president of the NDMA to monitor the situation closely and to ensure a preventive evacuation of populations at risk. He said that engineering resources from the Pakistani army and FCNA should be mobilized to facilitate secure drainage of the lake without causing additional damage. The meeting was informed of rivers, glacial threats and weather forecasts for the north and southern parts of the country. The Minister of Information also updated Reunion on the creation of a central coordination committee to rationalize rescue and rescue operations on a national level.
