PM to visit flood affected areas in Balochistan
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday left for a day-long visit to flood-affected areas in Balochistan.
The Prime Minister was accompanied by Federal Ministers Sardar Israr Tareen, Marriyum Aurangzeb, Maulana Abdul Wasay, Shahzain Bugti, Minister of State Muhammad Hashim Notezai, MNA Salahuddin Ayubi and National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) Chairman General Akhtar Nawaz.
Upon arrival at the Quetta airport, the Prime Minister will be briefed in detail about the ongoing rescue operations in the flood-affected areas of Balochistan.
The Prime Minister will visit the camps set up at Khushnoob in Qila Saifullah district. He will also visit the flood affected areas in Chaman and interact with the local people.
Heavy rains and floods wreaked havoc in the province and destroyed infrastructure. The death toll in the flood-affected areas of Balochistan rose to 136 and 70 people were injured.