{"id":103125,"date":"2025-08-22T17:05:29","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T12:05:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=103125"},"modified":"2025-08-22T17:05:34","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T12:05:34","slug":"uk-aid-for-flood-hit-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/uk-aid-for-flood-hit-pakistan.html","title":{"rendered":"Monsoon devastation: UK steps in with emergency aid for Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: The United Kingdom has pledged \u00a31.33 million in humanitarian assistance to help Pakistan respond to the devastating impacts of the ongoing monsoon season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The aid package is expected to benefit more than 223,000 people in seven flood-hit districts across Punjab, Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP). It will cover a wide range of emergency and recovery measures, including food distribution, mobile medical camps, search and rescue operations, restoration of water and irrigation systems, and support for agriculture and livelihoods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>British High Commissioner Jane Marriott said the UK is working closely with federal and provincial authorities to ensure swift relief efforts. \u201cThrough UK-funded programmes, vital assistance is reaching communities affected by flooding and landslides. The UK remains committed to strengthening Pakistan\u2019s disaster response and resilience,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/nationwide-ban-on-construction-in-flood-zones-pm.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PM vows nationwide ban on construction in flood zones<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of this support, 2,400 community volunteers have been trained for search and rescue operations in vulnerable districts. In Charsadda, 25 volunteers have joined Rescue 1122\u2019s operations in Buner to help locate those missing or trapped under debris.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, mobile medical camps are being set up where local clinics have been damaged, while displaced families are receiving food rations, non-food items, shelter materials and dignity kits for women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA) is also assisting in Swat and Buner to ensure aid delivery remains effective and well-coordinated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), torrential rains and landslides have so far claimed nearly 750 lives this monsoon season, with entire villages swept away. More than 400 people have died in KP alone, while eleven fatalities were reported in GB on Wednesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: The United Kingdom has pledged \u00a31.33 million in humanitarian assistance to help Pakistan respond to the devastating impacts of the ongoing monsoon season. The aid package is expected to benefit more than 223,000 people in seven flood-hit districts across Punjab, Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP). It will cover a wide range of emergency and recovery measures, including food distribution, mobile medical camps, search and rescue operations, restoration of water and irrigation systems, and support for agriculture and livelihoods. British High Commissioner Jane Marriott said the UK is working closely with federal and provincial authorities to ensure swift relief efforts. \u201cThrough UK-funded programmes, vital assistance is reaching communities affected by flooding and landslides. The UK remains committed to strengthening Pakistan\u2019s disaster response and resilience,\u201d she added. Read: PM vows nationwide ban on construction in flood zones As part of this support, 2,400 community volunteers have been trained for search and rescue operations in vulnerable districts. In Charsadda, 25 volunteers have joined Rescue 1122\u2019s operations in Buner to help locate those missing or trapped under debris. Meanwhile, mobile medical camps are being set up where local clinics have been damaged, while displaced families are receiving food rations, non-food items, shelter&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":92901,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15017],"tags":[67508,66066,56137,13173,67509,67512,1375,67513,67507,7692,58623,67511,50791,67506,67510],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-103125","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-notices-announcements","8":"tag-disaster-relief","9":"tag-emergency-response","10":"tag-flood-victims","11":"tag-gilgit-baltistan","12":"tag-humanitarian-assistance","13":"tag-jane-marriott","14":"tag-khyber-pakhtunkhwa","15":"tag-landslides-pakistan","16":"tag-monsoon-devastation","17":"tag-ndma","18":"tag-pakistan-floods","19":"tag-punjab-floods","20":"tag-rescue-1122","21":"tag-uk-aid","22":"tag-un-ocha","23":"cat-15017-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>UK aid for flood-hit Pakistan - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The aid package is expected to benefit more than 223,000 people in seven flood-hit districts across Punjab, GB and KP...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/uk-aid-for-flood-hit-pakistan.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UK aid for flood-hit Pakistan - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The aid package is expected to benefit more than 223,000 people in seven flood-hit districts across Punjab, GB and KP...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/uk-aid-for-flood-hit-pakistan.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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