Taking stock of the situation, the Pakistani government imposed a nationwide lockdown and imposed a nationwide lockdown and requested international support.
The first set of aid from the United Arab Emirates(UAE) and Turkey started arriving in Pakistan on Sunday. According to reports, Pakistan has already received support to the tune of $4.5 billion from the IMF, the United Nations, the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank
A LIST OF DEVELOPMENTS IN PAKISTAN
1)Around 1,061 people have died in the heavy rains-induced floods since it started pouring in June with more than 33 million people affected by the flooding i.e. one in every 7 Pakistani, News Agency AFP reported.
2) News Agency Bloomberg reported Pakistani Finance Minister Miftah Ismail as saying that the damages from the floods could exceed $10 billion dollars with various sectors of the economy having been affected.
3) Pakistan's central bank has said that heavy rains could severely impact agricultural output with the economic growth set to fall from 6 percent last year to 3 or 4 percent.
4) Pakistani PM Shehbaz Sharif has called for an emergency multi-party meeting to decide the future course of action with regard to the devastation caused by the floods and heavy rains.
5) Pakistan's Climate Change Minister Sherry Rehman has called the current crisis a "climate catastrophe". “Many districts are beginning to look like they’re part of the ocean," Rehman said.
6) Along with the civilian administration the government has deployed at least 6500 soldiers to help with rescue and relief operations across the country. Meanwhile, Pakistani military chief Qamar Javed Bajwa has said his country may take years to recover from the crisis while requesting Pakistanis living abroad to generously donate to the flood victims.
7) The current crisis has affected all four of the country's provinces and at least 72 of the 110 districts hit by floods declaring calamity hit.
With inputs from agencies
