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Residents stand at the premises of their house flooded due to the monsoon rains and rising water level of the Sutlej River, in Hakuwala village near the Pakistan-India border in Kasur district of the Punjab province, August 23, 2025. — Reuters
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According to data released by the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) on Tuesday, monsoon rains have increased Pakistan’s death toll to 802, injuring 1,088 people and damaging 7,465 houses.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) has reported the highest number of casualties at 479, followed by Punjab 165, Gilgit -Baltistan 45, Sindh with 57, 24 with Balochistan, 24, Azad Jammu and Kashmir (24) and Islamabad with eight deaths. The gender -related malfunction showed 480 men, 119 women, and 203 children in men.
Punjab reported 584 injured, KP 347, Sindh 75, GB 45, AJ 29, Balochistan Five, and Islamabad Three. KP damaged at least 4,243 houses, AJK 1,642, 1,029 in GB, 220 in Punjab, 175 in Balochistan, 91 in Sindh and 65 in Islamabad.
Flood Emergency and Rescue Operations
Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif, who chaired a high level meeting on the flood situation, was informed that more than 174,000 people have been removed from the submerged districts of Punjab after the flood of the Sutlej River.
He instructed the authorities to speed up rescue operations, especially in the flood -hit districts along the river, and ensure timely supply of food, medicines and tents.
The Chairman of the NDMA was ordered to maintain close harmony with the Punjab Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA).
Authorities have reported that advance warnings have enabled the evacuation, which has prevented casualties in some areas despite high level floods in the Sutlej River in Ganda Singh and Sulemanki, in Jassar Ravi, and Chenab River in Marla. Severe floods were also reported in the blue deck.
In Narowal, withdrawal from the area of Lahiri Bund was underway, while some parts of KP were underway to restore power.
In Gilgit -Baltistan, repair work was underway at a distance of two kilometers of the submerged national highway. The forecasts have warned heavy rains in Lahore, Gujranwala, Gujarat, Rawalpindi, AJK, and several districts of Gilgit -Baltistan in the next 12 to 24 hours.
River flow, release of water from across the border
The flood intensified after India released extra water in the rivers of Pakistan. As a result, the flood waters increased the Ravi, Chenab and Sutlej, which violated Narowal, Sialkot and Shikargarh.
In Zafarwal, a portion of the Hanjali Bridge fell under pressure from Nil Dack, which cut down road links from dozens of villages.
At the head of the Chenab, the water flow increased to 350,000 cusecs, while the flow of Sutlej in Ganda Singhwala reached 188,000 cusecs, and reached the level of extremely high floods.
In Khairpur Timwali and adjoining river belt areas of Bahawalpur, flood water spread rapidly, crops were damaged in thousands of acres, houses and public schools.
Sialkot rained 335 mm within 24 hours, sinking homes and paralyzing life, breaking the 11 -year record.
India released 200,000 additional Cusecs in Ravi and 100,000 cusecs expected in Chenab have raised high flood concerns in the next 48 hours.
Rescue teams continued to replace residents trapped by boats in the river adjoining areas, while neither Allah Beni nor Allah Bustern of Shakirgarh sank roads and several villages.
In Shukargarh, a woman was killed and two children were injured when a roof collapsed.
Tragedies
In the Bonner District, the Sikh community’s only last rituals indicated calls for government assistance, along with business and shops.
In Chagharzai Tehsil, 18 members of the same family were laid to rest at a large -scale funeral after flood waters were swept away.
The body of a child remained missing as the atmosphere suffered from grief.
Nine members of another family were killed in a flood in the Khhor Banda area of Shangla.
A man named Rafiullah lost two sons and a daughter in disaster, while his wife is said to have suffered deep mental distress.
Official response
Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif reiterated that Pakistan is one of the most affected countries by climate change. He reminded that the flood of 2022 has damaged $ 30 billion, which has left millions displaced and destroyed the entire village.
“We can’t just tackle this challenge,” he emphasized on the integrated global action during a program.
The Chairman of the NDMA informed the Public Accounts Committee at the beginning of the day that Pakistan hosts about 7,500 glaciers, warning that 65 % of them could melt in the next five decades due to a two -degree increase in temperature.
Legislators criticized the lack of NDMA preparation, Junaid Akbar, a member of the committee, remarked, saying that the authority only appears to be equipped for recovering the bodies and repairing roads.
Another member, Sanaullah Masti Khel, alleged that the funds for the initial warning system were diverted in the Benazir Income Support Program, and said that if the authority was given, they would file an FIR.
The NDMA chief also warned that the eighth magic of monsoon rains is expected to begin tomorrow.
