Overview

• The Punjab Planning & Development Board approved Rs96 billion, including Rs73 billion for sewerage and floodwater drainage upgrades across districts such as Sargodha, Gujrat, Kasur, Sheikhupura and others.
• The compensation package includes Rs10 lakh for fully destroyed homes, Rs5 lakh for partially damaged homes, Rs10 lakh for families of those killed and Rs5 lakh for the severely injured, with Rs20,000 per acre announced for crop losses.
• Survey teams are conducting on-site assessments and the government says payments will be disbursed via ATM cards to limit leakage and irregularities.
• Provincial officials report 28 districts were affected, with mass evacuations and successful rescue operations carried out alongside the armed forces.
• In a separate law-and-order development, Sindh’s chief minister condemned the killings of three transgender persons in Karachi and ordered immediate arrests with a special investigation team formed.