Overview
- Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif approved a five-year “fix, expand and rebuild” flood management program after a high-level review in Islamabad.
- The first phase sets a 200–250 day window to repair dykes, flood gates and other critical systems ahead of the next monsoon season.
- All disaster early-warning feeds will be unified at district and tehsil levels with real-time displays in assistant and deputy commissioners’ offices to trigger local alerts.
- The Climate Change and Planning ministries and the NDMA were directed to coordinate with provinces and to prepare a National Water Council meeting for national water-management planning.
- Officials cited severe past losses and warned of likely 22–26% above-normal 2026 monsoon rainfall, with plans for temporary schools and mobile health units to protect education and healthcare in flood-hit areas.