Flood affectees won’t be left alone: PM Shehbaz

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Friday that no compromise would be made on transparency even if he gets killed and the flood affectees will never be left alone at any cost.

Speaking to the flood affectees in Ghizar, the prime minister said that flood-stricken people that government would not leave them alone until all of the families were rehabilitated.

He said government is making all-out efforts to ease the difficulties being faced by the people in flood-ravaged areas.

“Whole country is grieved over the devastation caused by the floods in Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and other districts,” the PM said and added the devastation caused by the floodwaters in the whole of Pakistan is unprecedented.

The Prime Minister also directed the authorities concerned to pay compensation of one million rupees each for those families who had lost their dear ones in the catastrophe.

Shehbaz Sharif also ordered the construction of a five-kilometer metal road to facilitate the villagers.

During the visit, the Prime Minister also distributed cheques among flood-affected people of Shisper Glacier of Hunza at a ceremony held at Gilgit airport.

He handed over cheques of eight hundred thousand rupees each among nine people whose houses were completely destroyed during the floods and five hundred thousand rupees each among six people whose houses were partially damaged.