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Punjab Announces Flood Compensation, Accelerates Relief Across 28 Districts

Officials say funding is available, surveys are active, ATM-card disbursements will target completion within a month.

Overview

  • The package sets Rs1,000,000 for fully destroyed homes and Rs500,000 for partially damaged homes, with Rs1,000,000 for families of the deceased and Rs500,000 for the severely injured.
  • Cash assistance will be delivered via ATM cards to speed payments and reduce irregularities, with survey teams deployed to verify losses.
  • PDMA, the Irrigation Department, Rescue 1122, police and the armed forces report ongoing evacuations, rations and tents in camps, breach monitoring and livestock rescue.
  • In Tehsil Shujaabad, authorities report 39,546 acres and about 50,000 people affected, a peak flow near 1.75 million cusecs, rapid breach closures and embankment strengthening.
  • Opposition leader Muhammad Javed Qasuri estimates losses above Rs88 billion with 4.755 million people affected, highlighting a dispute over the scale of damage as security cases, including the Ziarat AC killing and the shooting of journalist Imtiaz Mir in Karachi, draw scrutiny.