LARKANA: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has said that the federal government is fully cognizant of the sufferings and problems of the flood affectees and reassured that the federal and provincial governments will fully assist and support them in this hour of distress.
Talking to flood affectees along with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, the prime minister said that an amount of Rs70 billion allocated by the federal government was being disbursed among each flood-affected family under Benazir Income Support Program (BISP).
While visiting flood-hit shelter camps along with UN Secretary General @antonioguterres in Balochistan today, we met a family that Allah had blessed with a baby boy a night before. I saw this birth as a sign of hope, regeneration & renewal amid an unfolding human tragedy. pic.twitter.com/vHBSpaaUm8
— Shehbaz Sharif (@CMShehbaz) September 10, 2022
He told the people that the UN secretary-general had come all along from New York to offer grief and sorrow over the loss of about 1300 lives and thousand others who had been injured in the recent flash floods.
He said that Sindh province suffered from huge losses, where crops were damaged, and livestock swept away. The UN secretary general arrived here to express solidarity with the people of Pakistan, he added.
Speaking on the occasion, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari expressed gratitude to the prime minister and the UN secretary general for their support and solidarity.
He said it was a historic event as the UN secretary-general had arrived Larkana, adding that the federal, provincial and the international community would join hands to rebuild again with such structures that could resist the future calamities.
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, on the behalf of the UN, expressed solidarity to all those who suffered due to the terrible floods in Pakistan.
Guterres said “Voice of the UN will be exactly the same of Pakistan.” He said that monsoon season had always been unpredictable.
The developed countries had been affecting the global environment, and due to the pollution, they had been making the climate warmer and warmer, which resulted into more floods and glacial melting and giving rise to catastrophic situations like being witnessed in Pakistan, he opined.
Guterres said that Pakistan was not responsible for this environmental pollution, but it was still suffering due to the pollution of others.
The UN secretary general stressed upon the developed countries to massively support Pakistan due to the pollution they had released, impacting the global environment.
