Lahore:
The Pakistan Human Rights Commission (HRCP) said that recent floods across the country are not simply “natural disasters” but a direct consequence of human negligence and bad governance.
The Commission underlined the reports of the southern Punjab, parties of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Gilgit-Baltistan, highlighting in-depth losses and goods, which it has linked to stakes, deforestation, corruption and uncontrolled environmental contempt.
Although the emergency operations are underway, the HRCP warned that the extent of the assistance is far from adequate. He called for immediate deployment of more rescue teams, the creation of additional camps and fair access to food, shelter, drinking water and health care.
The declaration stressed that vulnerable groups – including women, children, the elderly and people with disabilities – must have priority.
The Commission described the people displaced by floods as “climatic refugees” who deserve long -term rehabilitation.
He urged the government to offer opportunities for lasting accommodation and livelihoods, warning that not to do so would feed poverty and social disorders.
According to HRCP, the secondary consequences of the disaster soon take place in the form of an increase in food prices, a large -scale migration to cities and the rupture of urban infrastructure already overloaded.
With large expanses of submerged agricultural land and destroyed crops, food supply chains should face serious disruptions, creating both an economic and humanitarian crisis.
The Commission stressed that fragmentary or short -term measures would not be enough. Instead, he urged the creation of authorized and ingenious local governments to ensure preparation and a rapid response at community level.
He also called for the revitalization of civil defense institutions, the modernization of early alert systems and the prioritization of resilient climate infrastructure.
