Mass evacuations continue in Pakistan's Punjab with more than 200,000 displaced by flooding

Описание: (28 Aug 2025)

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Narowal district, Punjab, Pakistan - 27 August 2025
1. Aerials of area covered with flood water ++MUTE++
2. Mid of rescue workers evacuating villagers from different locations
3. SOUNDBITE (Urdu) Qaiser FDR, official at Rescue 1122 emergency service: ++SOUNDBITE SPLIT SCREEN WITH SHOT2 AND IS OVERLAID BY SHOT4 AND PARTIALLY BY SHOT5++
“In this area, we had started our rescue operation since the morning, 6 a.m., and the water flow was too high and we had evacuated hundreds of people from six different villages, and the operation is underway and we are evacuating more people.”
4. Villagers waiting for rescue boat
5. Various of flood, trees and buildings submerged
6. Various of rescue workers helping villagers off the boat
7. Wide of flooded area and helicopter
8. SOUNDBITE (Urdu) Fida Hussain, villager: ++SOUNDBITE SPLIT SCREEN WITH SHOT7 AND IS OVERLAID BY SHOT 9-11++
“This is first time we are seeing this kind of flood water, never seen before. God willing when the water recedes, we will return to our homes, we left our animals. God willing this is a temporary problem, the situation will become better soon.”
9. Pan right of flood water
10. Mid of families walking in flood water
11. Aerials of area covered with flood water ++MUTE++
STORYLINE:
Over 200,000 people in Pakistan have been displaced and the shrine of the founder of the Sikh religion has been submerged.

Floods submerged the shrine of Guru Nanak which is located near the Indian border in Narowal district.

Authorities in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province on Wednesday called for army assistance in rescue and relief efforts after torrential rains caused major rivers to swell, inundating villages and displacing over 200,000 people, according to Lt. Gen. Inam Haider, chairman of the National Disaster Management Authority.

Mass evacuations began earlier this week in six districts of Punjab after heavier-than-normal monsoon rains and the release of water from overflowing dams in neighboring India triggered flash floods in low-lying border regions.

India alerted Pakistan about possible cross-border flooding through diplomatic channels rather than the Indus Waters Commission, the permanent mechanism under the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty.

New Delhi suspended the commission’s work after the April killing of 26 tourists in Indian-controlled Kashmir, though Pakistan insists India cannot unilaterally scrap the treaty.

Rescuers with sniffer dogs continue to search for more than 150 people who have been reported missing this month after flooding killed over 300 residents in three villages in Pakistan's northwestern Buner district.

Floods have killed more than 800 people in Pakistan since late June.

AP video by Jahanzaib

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