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Displaced women wade through a flooded area after heavy monsoon rainfall in Rajanpur district of Punjab province on August 25, 2022. — AFP Over half million pregnant women in Pakistan need maternal care. Countless girls at increased risk of gender-based violence. Up to 73,000 women expected to deliver next month need birth care, and support. The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), a sexual and reproductive health agency, has highlighted the affliction of Pakistani women caused by the catastrophic floods, saying that over half a million pregnant women in the flood-hit areas are in dire need of maternal health services while many other are at an increased risk of gender-based violence (GBV). At least 6.4 million people require humanitarian assistance after being hit by the floods triggered by the recent torrential monsoon rains and 1.6 million of them are women and girls. "Up to 73,000 women expected to deliver next month will need skilled birth attendants, newborn c

Commuters wade through a flooded road after heavy rainfall at Qadamgah Moula Ali road area in Hyderabad, on August 18, 2022. — Online Emergency imposed in DI Khan, Chitral, Upper Kohistan. CM Sindh says 600,000 cusecs of flood water heading for Guddu Barrage. Rains and floods leave 15 more people dead in Sindh. PESHAWAR/KHAIRPUR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has declared an emergency in flood-hit areas of Dera Ismail Khan, Upper Chitral, Lower Chitral, and Upper Kohistan districts. The provincial Relief and Rehabilitation Department issued a formal notification on the directives of Chief Minister Mahmood Khan, said a handout. CM Khan said he would soon visit the flood-hit districts to look into the losses caused by flash floods and rehabilitation activities carried out by the administration. He added that he would announce a package for the rehabilitation of flood-affected infrastructure in those districts. The chief minister directed the relevant officials to expedite