ISLAMABAD: The Prime Minister’s Committee on Wednesday reviewed the damage assessment of the 2025 floods in detail.
The committee met here under the chairmanship of Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal, and was attended by Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb, the NDMA chairman, Climate Change Ministry secretary and provincial chief secretaries.
During the meeting, the provincial governments agreed that a final assessment of flood damages would only be possible once the water recedes.
Iqbal said that the damage assessment would be prepared in coordination with the provincial governments. He further stated that a preliminary assessment of flood damages would be completed within 10 days.
He urged the media to refrain from speculation regarding flood damages, adding that accurate and transparent data would soon be made available. He said that rehabilitation work is under way in the flood-affected areas while federal and provincial institutions are jointly carrying out relief operations.
The planning minister said that, as in 2022, a comprehensive Post-Disaster Needs Assessment of damages and requirements would be carried out with the participation of international organisations. He assured that all relief measures in the affected areas would be based on accurate and transparent data.
He said that climate change is a major challenge for Pakistan. Floods and droughts are direct consequences of it. He regretted that India resorted to politics even during a natural disaster.
He said that due to climate change, Pakistan’s glaciers are melting rapidly, which has increased the risks of floods. He added that the government is preparing a comprehensive national plan to deal with the challenge of climate change.
