Overview

• Officials say beneficiaries will be validated against PITB, PLRA and NADRA records before cards are issued.
• Survey teams report contact with 41,735 victims and tally crop losses on 49,510 acres, with 12,500 homes and 2,459 cattle recorded lost.
• Irrigation authorities report four of seven Sutlej embankment breaches plugged and target completing repairs within about a week.
• Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz says compensation will reflect verified losses and funds will be transferred directly onto the new cards.
• Punjab has chosen not to use BISP for disbursement as PPP presses for federal channels, while officials have not disclosed per-card payment amounts and a farmers’ group seeks large international aid.