Field marshal wants army’s full mobilisation in flood-hit areas: ISPR DG

Pakistan’s devastating monsoon floods have claimed 670 lives and left over 1,000 injured, officials confirmed on Tuesday.

Relief efforts led by the Pakistan Army, NDMA, and government agencies are in full swing, with 25,000 people shifted to safe locations so far.

DG ISPR Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry said on the instructions of Field Marshal Asim Munir, the Army, rescue teams, and Army Aviation are actively engaged in flood-hit areas. So far, 6,903 people have been rescued, while more than 6,000 have received medical assistance at army-run camps.

Special medical teams from CMH and army battalions have been deployed to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Gilgit-Baltistan. Army helicopters are delivering rations and medicines to inaccessible areas, while engineers are working round the clock to restore damaged roads and bridges.

“One day’s ration of the Pakistan Army has been allocated for the victims,” said DG ISPR, adding that 90 roads in KP had been destroyed but restoration efforts are underway.