Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has directed the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) to extend full cooperation to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government following deadly rains and flash floods in the province.

The prime minister issued these directives while chairing an emergency meeting to review the flood situation in the country due to recent rains.

National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) chairman Lt-Gen Inam Haider Malik briefed the prime minister on the damage caused by cloudbursts and flash floods in the upper parts of the country and about the rescue and relief operation.

The prime minister directed the NDMA to provide all possible support to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government in the rescue and relief operation by utilising all the available resources.

He directed the NDMA chairman to enhance coordination with the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government for rescue and relief activities.

Tents, medicines, food items and other relief materials should be delivered to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government immediately, he said, adding that relief supplies should be sent through trucks on a priority basis.

He ordered that people and tourists stranded in the flood-affected areas should be immediately evacuated to safer places.

During the meeting, the prime minister was briefed on the progress of rescue and relief operations, along with an assessment of the damage.

Meanwhile, the prime minister held a telephone conversation with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Faisal Karim Kundi and Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur.

He said the NDMA has been directed to provide all possible assistance to the provincial government in rescue and relief operations.

“The federal government will provide all possible assistance to the provincial government,” he remarked.

The prime minister told the chief minister that the federal government was sending medicines, tents and food items.

“Our sympathies are with the victims in this difficult time,” he added.