Overview
- The new emergency funds will be disbursed as cash to vulnerable households in districts of Punjab identified as most severely affected.
- The allocation builds on €1.05 million released in September for healthcare, clean water, sanitation, and other essential services.
- EU officials cited the scale of this year’s monsoon crisis, with nearly 7 million people affected and about 2.9 million displaced nationwide.
- Authorities reported more than 1,000 deaths and damage to over 200,000 homes, along with extensive losses to farmland and livestock.
- With this tranche, the European Union’s humanitarian assistance to Pakistan this year will exceed €14.5 million, according to Dunya News.