“Lost homes, destroyed livelihoods and declining crop areas, persistent food shortages and an uncertain future.
About 11 million people will fall below the poverty line, ”RIA Novosti quotes him.
At the same time, Sharif noted that some people will even move to cramped urban shelters, "leaving little room for recovery."
According to him, the country's authorities have already allocated more than $300 million to pay people from the most affected areas.
At the end of August it was reported that more than 1 thousand people died as a result of flooding in Pakistan.