QUETTA: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday visited flood relief camps in Balochistan’s Qila Saifullah district where he also interacted with the inhabitants and asked the province’s chief minister to act against the local administration for not providing food to people.
According to the latest report circulated by the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), 434 people lost their lives in rains across Pakistan since the onset of the season.
Nine people were killed in Balochistan in the last 24 hours, taking the overall death toll in the region from rains to 136 since mid-June.
Sharif, who was also accompanied by Chief Minister Mir Abdul Quddus Bizenjo, said he witnessed several administrative weaknesses in the relief camps, including the absence proper record maintained by doctors and paramedics while treating the flood victims.
“There are camps in which people have come from adjoining areas with their families, leaving behind their houses which have been destroyed in rains,” the prime minister said. “I have met these people, including children and elderly individuals. However, I could not get any confirmation that these people were given food. In fact, the inhabitants of the relief camps clearly told us they were not being fed.”