The Saudi government has assured the government of Sindh that it will fully support the rehabilitation of the flood victims in the province after last year’s disastrous floods.
Pakistan was ravaged by unprecedented summer monsoon rains that inundated a third of the country, damaged two million homes and killed more than 1,700 people.
This was said by Nawaf bin Saeed Al-Maliki, the ambassador of Saudi Arabia to Pakistan, in a meeting with Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Shah in Karachi on Thursday.
Syed Murad Ali Shah told the visiting ambassador that his government wants to build houses with two rooms, one corridor, kitchen and washroom for the flood victims. The Chief Minister told the dignitaries that the restructuring of agriculture and irrigation sectors is a major challenge for his government.
He expressed his determination that the aid received from the Donors Conference will fulfill the promise of rehabilitation of the victims.
The Saudi Ambassador congratulated the Sindh Chief Minister for the successful organization of the Donors Conference. He assured that Saudi Arabia will cooperate with his provincial government in building houses for the flood victims.
After the devastation caused by floods in the country’s landscape, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif launched an $8 billion flood relief appeal at a one-day international conference on climate resilient Pakistan in Geneva last month.
Cash-strapped Pakistan managed to secure more than $10.5 billion in flood pledges to be met in three phases – short-term for up to one year, medium-term for up to three years and long-term for five to seven years. By the year – For reconstruction of flood affected areas.
With an economy of $350 billion, the country received pledges of $8.57 billion by the end of the full session I, while it managed to receive more than $2 billion in the second session.
