• A flooded residential area in Pakistan's Balochistan province. The country's death toll from monsoon flooding since June has reached 1,136. AFP
    A flooded residential area in Pakistan's Balochistan province. The country's death toll from monsoon flooding since June has reached 1,136. AFP
  • Vehicles move along a flooded road in Mehar, Pakistan. Reuters
    Vehicles move along a flooded road in Mehar, Pakistan. Reuters
  • Soldiers load relief goods on to an army helicopter during a relief operation in Sawat, Pakistan. Reuters
    Soldiers load relief goods on to an army helicopter during a relief operation in Sawat, Pakistan. Reuters
  • Displaced people wait to receive food aid in the flood-hit Dera Ghazi Khan district of Punjab province. AFP
    Displaced people wait to receive food aid in the flood-hit Dera Ghazi Khan district of Punjab province. AFP
  • A cook prepares food for displaced people at a centre run by charity Saylani Welfare in Sukkur, Sindh province. AFP
    A cook prepares food for displaced people at a centre run by charity Saylani Welfare in Sukkur, Sindh province. AFP
  • Displaced people eat food provided by Saylani Welfare in Sukkur. AFP
    Displaced people eat food provided by Saylani Welfare in Sukkur. AFP
  • A baby sleeps in a hammock as its parents wait for assistance along a road in Mehar, Pakistan. Reuters
    A baby sleeps in a hammock as its parents wait for assistance along a road in Mehar, Pakistan. Reuters
  • Displaced women show their national identity cards at a government office in Sukkur as they wait to receive 25,000 Pakistani rupees ($112) in compensation for their damaged houses. AFP
    Displaced women show their national identity cards at a government office in Sukkur as they wait to receive 25,000 Pakistani rupees ($112) in compensation for their damaged houses. AFP
  • Rescue workers use a boat to drop children back home after school in Dera Ghazi Khan district. AFP
    Rescue workers use a boat to drop children back home after school in Dera Ghazi Khan district. AFP
  • Smiling through the hardship, people who fled their homes with their belongings wade through a flooded street in the Sohbatpur area of Jaffarabad district in Balochistan. AFP
    Smiling through the hardship, people who fled their homes with their belongings wade through a flooded street in the Sohbatpur area of Jaffarabad district in Balochistan. AFP
  • Flood waters at Panjal Shaikh village on the outskirts of Sukkur in Sindh province, Pakistan. AFP
    Flood waters at Panjal Shaikh village on the outskirts of Sukkur in Sindh province, Pakistan. AFP
  • Newborn Yasmeem asleep on a cot at her flood-damaged house on the outskirts of Sukkur, Sindh province. AFP
    Newborn Yasmeem asleep on a cot at her flood-damaged house on the outskirts of Sukkur, Sindh province. AFP
  • Ghulam Rasool wades through his flood-damaged mud house in Sukkur, Sindh province. AFP
    Ghulam Rasool wades through his flood-damaged mud house in Sukkur, Sindh province. AFP
  • Residents of Karachi receive food aid distributed by the Nikhil Foundation. EPA
    Residents of Karachi receive food aid distributed by the Nikhil Foundation. EPA
  • Workers from the Nikhil Foundation sort water bottles to be distributed among the people recovering from floods in Karachi, Pakistan. EPA
    Workers from the Nikhil Foundation sort water bottles to be distributed among the people recovering from floods in Karachi, Pakistan. EPA
  • A chicken is slaughtered to feed a family who fled heavy monsoon rains in the Sohbatpur area of Jaffarabad district in Balochistan province. AFP
    A chicken is slaughtered to feed a family who fled heavy monsoon rains in the Sohbatpur area of Jaffarabad district in Balochistan province. AFP
  • Pakistan Army soldiers in Shikarpur, Sindh province, distribute relief food bags to people who escaped the floods. AFP
    Pakistan Army soldiers in Shikarpur, Sindh province, distribute relief food bags to people who escaped the floods. AFP
  • Flood damage to a road on the outskirts of Peshawar, Pakistan. AP
    Flood damage to a road on the outskirts of Peshawar, Pakistan. AP
  • People who escaped the floods dry their belongings at a camp in the Sanghar district of Sindh province in Pakistan. EPA
    People who escaped the floods dry their belongings at a camp in the Sanghar district of Sindh province in Pakistan. EPA
  • A householder sweeps muddy water out of his home in Charsadda district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. EPA
    A householder sweeps muddy water out of his home in Charsadda district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. EPA
  • A displaced man wades through a flooded area after fleeing his home on the outskirts of Peshawar, Pakistan. AP
    A displaced man wades through a flooded area after fleeing his home on the outskirts of Peshawar, Pakistan. AP
  • People wade through a flooded area following heavy rains in Charsadda District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. EPA
    People wade through a flooded area following heavy rains in Charsadda District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. EPA
  • Heavy rains brought waist-deep flood water to parts of Charsadda district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. EPA
    Heavy rains brought waist-deep flood water to parts of Charsadda district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. EPA

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UAE opens air bridge to send humanitarian aid to Pakistan

Pakistan's government has declared a state of emergency and called for international assistance

The National

August 29, 2022

  • English
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The UAE has begun operating an air bridge to transport humanitarian aid to those affected by the monsoon flooding in Pakistan.

The death toll has reached 1,061 since June, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said on Monday, with 28 more people having died in the past 24 hours.

The crisis has forced the government to declare a state of emergency, mobilise the army for relief efforts and call for international assistance.

Villages with weak infrastructure from the Sindh province to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province have been affected so far, with rescue teams struggling to access many areas.

The UAE's Ministry of Defence, represented by the Joint Operations Command, is overseeing the delivery of relief aid from the Emirates, which includes shelter materials, humanitarian needs, food and medical parcels.

Hamad Obaid Al Zaabi, the UAE's ambassador to Pakistan, said the first Emirati relief aid plane flew on Monday morning to Pakistan and will be followed by several more in the coming days to provide support.

The aid is being delivered following directives issued by President Sheikh Mohamed to provide all forms of support to Pakistan.

Mr Al Zaabi said the provision of aid underlines the strength of relations between the two countries.

On Saturday, Sheikh Mohamed ordered 3,000 tonnes of food supplies and other humanitarian aid to be delivered to Pakistan.

The UAE aid includes about 3,000 tonnes of food supplies, medical and pharmaceutical items, and tents and shelter materials.

Teams from the UAE will also provide humanitarian support.

The death toll is likely to rise because hundreds of villages in the mountainous north have been cut off by flood-swollen rivers washing away roads and bridges, AFP reported.

The annual monsoon is essential for irrigating crops and replenishing lakes and dams across the Indian subcontinent but it also brings destruction.

Officials say this year's flooding has affected more than 33 million people — one in seven Pakistanis — destroying or badly damaging nearly a million homes.

The NDMA said more than two million acres of cultivated crops had been wiped out, with 3,457 kilometres of roads destroyed and 157 bridges washed away.

Pakistan flood's death toll rises — in pictures

  • A man clears mud off his property in the aftermath of floods in Charsadda District, Pakistan. EPA
    A man clears mud off his property in the aftermath of floods in Charsadda District, Pakistan. EPA
  • A man wades through floodwater carrying his granddaughter on his back in Charsadda. Reuters
    A man wades through floodwater carrying his granddaughter on his back in Charsadda. Reuters
  • People affected by floods wait to receive food in Charsadda District. EPA
    People affected by floods wait to receive food in Charsadda District. EPA
  • A man holding a baby wades through a flooded area in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. EPA
    A man holding a baby wades through a flooded area in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. EPA
  • People wade through water in Sanghar District. EPA
    People wade through water in Sanghar District. EPA
  • A displaced boy peeks through a hole in a plastic shelter after fleeing his flood-hit home on the outskirts of Peshawar. AP Photo
    A displaced boy peeks through a hole in a plastic shelter after fleeing his flood-hit home on the outskirts of Peshawar. AP Photo
  • A displaced boy who fled his flood-hit home carries food rations as he wades through water. AP Photo
    A displaced boy who fled his flood-hit home carries food rations as he wades through water. AP Photo
  • Personnel from the Pakistan Navy rescue people from the floods in the Dadu district of Farid Abad village in Sindh province. EPA
    Personnel from the Pakistan Navy rescue people from the floods in the Dadu district of Farid Abad village in Sindh province. EPA
  • A man carries his sick daughter along a road damaged by flood waters following heavy monsoon rains in the Madian area of Pakistan's northern Swat Valley. AFP
    A man carries his sick daughter along a road damaged by flood waters following heavy monsoon rains in the Madian area of Pakistan's northern Swat Valley. AFP
  • People forced from their homes gather at a road damaged by flood waters following monsoon rains in the Madian area of Pakistan's northern Swat Valley. AFP
    People forced from their homes gather at a road damaged by flood waters following monsoon rains in the Madian area of Pakistan's northern Swat Valley. AFP
  • Tents set along a road provide temporary shelter during monsoon rains in Sukkur, Sindh province. AFP
    Tents set along a road provide temporary shelter during monsoon rains in Sukkur, Sindh province. AFP
  • A man is given food by the Pakistan Army during relief operations in the Rajanpur district of Punjab. AP
    A man is given food by the Pakistan Army during relief operations in the Rajanpur district of Punjab. AP
  • People are moved away from a flood-hit area of the Rajanpur district of Punjab by soliders. AP
    People are moved away from a flood-hit area of the Rajanpur district of Punjab by soliders. AP
  • Troops distribute food and other essentials to the displaced people of flood-hit Rajanpur district in Punjab. AP
    Troops distribute food and other essentials to the displaced people of flood-hit Rajanpur district in Punjab. AP
  • People affected by floods triggered by heavy rains survey their damaged houses on the outskirts of Quetta, Balochistan province, Pakistan. EPA
    People affected by floods triggered by heavy rains survey their damaged houses on the outskirts of Quetta, Balochistan province, Pakistan. EPA
  • Thousands of people living near flood-swollen rivers in Pakistan's north have been ordered to leave their homes as the death toll from devastating monsoon rains approaches 1,000. AFP
    Thousands of people living near flood-swollen rivers in Pakistan's north have been ordered to leave their homes as the death toll from devastating monsoon rains approaches 1,000. AFP
  • A woman goes through her belongings next to the ruins of her house after heavy monsoon rains in Rajanpur district, Punjab province. AFP
    A woman goes through her belongings next to the ruins of her house after heavy monsoon rains in Rajanpur district, Punjab province. AFP
  • Soldiers distribute food to people affected by floods, near a makeshift camp in Rajanpur. AFP
    Soldiers distribute food to people affected by floods, near a makeshift camp in Rajanpur. AFP
  • Rescue workers evacuate people from flood-hit homes in the district. AFP
    Rescue workers evacuate people from flood-hit homes in the district. AFP
  • A doctor checks a child at a makeshift medical camp in Sanghar District, Sindh Province. EPA
    A doctor checks a child at a makeshift medical camp in Sanghar District, Sindh Province. EPA
  • A villager uses cots to save usable items salvaged from his flood-hit home, in Jaffarabad district, Balochistan province. AP
    A villager uses cots to save usable items salvaged from his flood-hit home, in Jaffarabad district, Balochistan province. AP
  • People take refuge by a highway after fleeing from their homes in Charsadda district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. AFP
    People take refuge by a highway after fleeing from their homes in Charsadda district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. AFP
  • The heavy rains are expected to continue, bringing more hardship for those displaced. AFP
    The heavy rains are expected to continue, bringing more hardship for those displaced. AFP
  • Partially submerged houses in Charsadda district. AFP
    Partially submerged houses in Charsadda district. AFP
  • Volunteers from the Chhipa Welfare Association carry goods for distribution to flood victims following heavy rains, in Karachi. EPA
    Volunteers from the Chhipa Welfare Association carry goods for distribution to flood victims following heavy rains, in Karachi. EPA
  • A damaged bridge in Quetta. EPA
    A damaged bridge in Quetta. EPA
  • A partially damaged homestead in Jaffarabad. AP
    A partially damaged homestead in Jaffarabad. AP
  • Pakistan's government has appealed for relief assistance from the international community. AP
    Pakistan's government has appealed for relief assistance from the international community. AP
  • A damaged road in Quetta. AFP
    A damaged road in Quetta. AFP
  • A satellite dish is used to move children across a flooded area in Jaffarabad district. AFP
    A satellite dish is used to move children across a flooded area in Jaffarabad district. AFP
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Since then the group has grown exponentially around the world and is officially affiliated with the United Nations. The organisation also counts Queen Mathilde of Belgium among its ranks.

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