25/09/2025
Devastating Floods in Pakistan.
Heavy monsoon rains + flash floods + landslides have hit large parts of Pakistan since June 2025, and the situation is ongoing into September.
Major affected provinces include Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Sindh, Balochistan, Azad Kashmir, and Gilgit‑Baltistan.
Rivers like the Chenab, Sutlej, Ravi, etc., have overflowed, embankments breached, many rural (and some urban) areas submerged.
Impacts
Human cost: Over 900 people have died across the country. Many more are injured or displaced.
Displacement: Millions affected; hundreds of thousands to over a million displaced or evacuated from homes.
Villages and infrastructure: Thousands of villages submerged, major damage to roads, bridges, and houses.
Agriculture: Very heavy losses. Crops submerged across large areas, which threatens food supply, farmer livelihoods, and has knock‑on effects on economy.
Economic strain: Estimates put direct damages in agriculture, transport, infrastructure into the billions of USD; expected drop in GDP growth, inflation for food likely to rise.
Causes / Contributing factors
Very heavy and prolonged monsoon rains.
Rivers swollen by upstream water, some dam releases, exacerbating flood risk.
Geography & infrastructure vulnerabilities: weak embankments, damage or inadequate drainage, many rural areas exposed; also “katcha” (unprotected) settlements heavily impacted.
Likely influence of climate change, making intense rainfall and extremes more frequent.
Response
Evacuations and relief camps have been set up in many areas, medical camps, veterinary camps, and rescue operations.
Provincial and federal disaster management agencies (PDMA, NDMA) are involved.
International attention: agencies and organisations looking at both immediate relief and also longer‑term budget‑and‑planning responses. The IMF is reviewing Pakistan’s fiscal response to the disaster.