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Catastrophic rains, floods to trigger food shortages in Pakistan, warns UN​

Anadolu Agency
September 1, 2025



Flood-affected victims eat food inside a shelter at a makeshift relief camp built on a high ground at a flooded area on the outskirts of Multan, on August 31. — AFP

The ongoing torrential rains and surging floods have inundated large swaths of farmlands and destroyed ready-to-reap crops across Pakistan, triggering fears of a food crisis and inflation, the UN and growers warned on Monday.

The raging floods struck the northeastern Punjab, the country’s largest province and food basket, last week, submerging hundreds of villages, schools and health centres, washing away livestock and destroying crops, aside from killing around 50 people and triggering evacuations.

The surging floods have so far affected more than 2 million people, in addition to the evacuation of more than 700,000 people, according to official statistics.

The water is flowing further south to fall into the mighty Indus River and is feared to wreak havoc on southern Sindh province in the coming days.

“This isn’t normal — yet it’s becoming the new normal. Monsoons, driven by climate change, now bring fear and devastation to communities across Pakistan,” Mo Yahya, the UN resident and humanitarian coordinator, said in a post on X, after visiting the flood-hit areas.

 

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“This is only the beginning — more intense rains are expected in the coming weeks. As the water flows further south, it will threaten more families with displacement and destruction,” Yahya added.

“This is not just another natural disaster; this is Climate Change.”

Endorsing the warning, Waqar Ahmad, the secretary general of Kisan Board of Pakistan, a nationwide farmers body, said that the catastrophic floods have destroyed the three main crops of rice, sugarcane and sesame (oil-rich seeds) across Punjab.

“Rice crop has particularly taken a toll as the floods have hit the major rice-producing districts,” Rizvi told Anadolu.

According to him, 70 per cent of the standing rice crop has been destroyed by the latest floods.

He cautioned that if neighbouring India releases another deluge of floodwaters towards Pakistan, the remaining amounts of the standing crops will be badly affected.

 

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Large swathes of Punjab under water​

Imran Gabol
August 28, 2025




(CLOCKWISE from top left) A family that fled the overflowing Chenab takes refuge along a road in Wazirabad; people stranded in Gurdwara Darbar Sahib are rescued in Kartarpur; and, Sialkot residents wade through a flooded road after heavy rains and river water inundated the city.—Reuters/White Star



Men stand on a bridge over the Chenab River, following the monsoon rains and risin



Members of Civil Defence prepare their boats along the bank of the Ravi River after the rising floodwaters affected the Shahdara area in Lahore, on August 27. — AFP

• Over 600,000 affected as floodwaters sweep central parts of province
• 15 die in Gujranwala divison
• More than 150,000 people, 35,000 heads of livestock shifted to safety
• Hundreds of villages affected across Chenab, Ravi and Sutlej belts
• Kartarpur Sahib complex submerged, 150 pilgrims rescued
• 263 relief, 161 medical camps set up
• Officials fear river surge may hit S. Punjab next

LAHORE: Large swathes of Punjab are submerged as catastrophic flooding in the Sutlej, Ravi and Chenab rivers forced hundreds of thousands from their homes, causing significant damage to infrastructure and devastates millions of acres of agricultural land.

The three trans-boundary rivers have swollen to exceptionally high levels due to a combination of heavy rains and the excess water India is releasing from dams, which then flows across the border.

The crisis, which affects central districts, now threatens south Punjab as the combined thrust of four rivers is set to converge on Thursday.

The flooding has prompted the government to call in the army for assistance in eight districts: Sialkot, Narowal, Hafizabad, Sargodha, Lahore, Kasur, Okara and Faisalabad.

Gujranwala’s commissioner said in a statement 15 people have lost their lives in the floods, including five in Sialkot, four in Gujrat, three in Narowal, two in Hafizabad and one in Gujranwala.

Official figures confirm that over 150,000 people and 35,000 livestock heads were shifted to safe places, and relief camps, along with medical and veterinary camps, were established in flood-affected areas.

 

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Historic flood set to hit Chenab River​

Provincial floods death toll climbs to 35, PMD warns more rainfall expected till September 3

Our Correspondents
September 01, 20252

Residents wade through a flooded road, following monsoon rains and rising water levels in Qadirabad village near the Chenab River in Punjab province, Pakistan August 28, 2025. Photo: Reuters

On Monday, Punjab Senior Minister Maryam Aurangzeb sounded the alarm as unprecedented flooding in the Chenab, Jhelum, and Ravi rivers threatened 11 districts, including Jhang, Sahiwal, Toba Tek Singh, Okara, Multan, Pakpattan, Bahawalnagar, Vehari, and Bahawalpur.

By late tonight, the Chenab River is expected to witness its largest historic flood of 900,000 cusecs. Additionally, floodwaters from the Ravi River are expected to merge into the Chenab tonight.

Severe flooding is reported at Trimmu, Balloki, Sulemanki, and Ganda Singh Wala, while medium-level flooding affects Khanki, Qadirabad, and Shahdara.

Water levels in the Chenab River have begun rising at Head Muhammad Wala, with the flow now surpassing 200,000 cusecs. Over the next 24 hours, a flood surge of 480,000 cusecs is expected to hit Head Muhammad. At Head Trimmu, water discharge has reached up to 550,000 cusecs.

In Rajanpur, the protective embankment of Samti village broke due to the flood surge, and water has rapidly inundated nearby villages and fish farms. The floodwaters coming from Jhang have begun engulfing all settlements in the Jawana Bangla area of Muzaffargarh. Currently, a flood flow of 400,000 cusecs is passing between Jhang and Muzaffargarh in the Chenab River.

The Sutlej River continues to wreak havoc in Bahawalpur, with riverbank erosion intensifying. Floodwaters have begun to engulf nearby areas, including Mari Qasim Shah, leaving residents stranded. A major flood is expected to pass through the city in the next two days.

The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) issued a warning on Monday morning regarding upcoming rainfall. According to PMD, “widespread heavy to very-heavy rainfall, along with torrential downpours at scattered places, is expected over the upper catchments of Rivers Sutlej, Beas, Ravi, and Chenab, as well as in Lahore and Gujranwala divisions, during September 1 and 3.”

 

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May Allah forgive sins of Pakistani Nation all the crimes and corruption they committed and all the sin for not helping Palestine, the illegal stuff being done in our prisons

• Bribe Culture
• Zina Bazi
• Act of Looth
• Corrupt Torturing police
• Injustice against Baloch , Pakhtoon people , farms of Punjab and Sindh
• Illegal housing societies over flood path
• Choor bazi
• Haram Khoori
• Not helping Paletine

Moral decay , it is no doubt Allah KA Azab, the floods , the earth quake

May Allah protect us from the incompetent leaders of Pakistan the greedy leaders

We as Nation were due such clamity the biggest clamity are the Leaders imposed on Pakistan like PML and PPP and corrupt police and judges

 

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This is not normal if India released water regularly in Ravi , the Dam levels would be depleted and this extra water would not have caused flood

We are dealing with Water Terrorism and fact there are no cannals to diver water to Thar Desert

India had been hoarding water 100% on Ravi and 100% blocking water flow thinking it would save the water but when extra moon soon rain came just caused flood in India and Pakistan because of their idiotic move of storing too much water

 

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Pakistan is home to some of South Asia’s oldest and largest headworks, vital for flood management:

Sukkur Barrage – 1932
Balloki Headworks – 1911
Trimmu Headworks – 1939
Panjnad Headworks – 1932
Marala Headworks – 1968

These structures, many 70–110 years old, were engineered for a bygone era. Today, they face unprecedented strain in the wake of record-breaking floods.