Published on, Aug. 31 -- August 31, 2025 4:59 PM

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has formed a 13-member committee to design strategies for strengthening Pakistan's resilience against extreme weather events such as flash floods, cloudbursts, and urban flooding.

The committee will be chaired by Federal Minister for Planning Ahsan Iqbal and will include ministers, secretaries, experts, and stakeholders from across the country to ensure broad-based representation.

This step follows devastating floods in Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and Gilgit-Baltistan that have killed more than 840 people since June and damaged infrastructure, homes, and agricultural land.

The committee will review disaster preparedness, evaluate infrastructure, and recomme...