ISLAMABAD: The federal government has withdrawn its decision to donate one month’s salary of federal cabinet members to the Flood Relief Fund, as confirmed by a notification issued by the Ministry of Finance.
Dawn News cited the Ministry of Finance reported that the government had earlier announced that cabinet members’ one month’s salary would be contributed to the Prime Minister’s Flood Relief Fund for the victims.
However, the decision regarding the deduction of one day’s salary from federal bureaucracy officers of Grade 19 to 22 for the relief fund has not been withdrawn.
Earlier, Pakistan’s meteorological department on Monday warned of heavy rains and landslides across several regions, as the death toll from monsoon-related incidents since June 26 rose to 798.
Relentless downpours have triggered floods, destroyed homes, and killed livestock in the northern and eastern parts of the country. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) is the worst-hit, with 479 deaths. Punjab has reported 165 fatalities, Sindh 54, Gilgit-Baltistan 45, Balochistan 24, Azad Jammu and Kashmir 23, and Islamabad eight.
Authorities said the current monsoon spell will persist until September 10. The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has warned of flood risks similar to the 2022 disaster, which killed over 1,700 people and caused $30 billion in damages.
