ISLAMABAD: Saudi aid agency, King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief) has distributed over 1,200 shelter kits in the flood-hit area of Pakistan’s eastern Punjab and northern Gilgit-Baltistan areas.
Since June 26, monsoon rains and subsequent flooding have claimed the lives of over 1,000 people across Pakistan. In the eastern Punjab province, heavy rainfall combined with excess water released from dams in India has caused severe flooding since late August, impacting more than 4.5 million residents.
The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre has distributed over one thousand two hundred shelter kits in Kasur and Multan districts and Ghanche district of Gilgit-Baltistan, benefiting eight thousand six hundred individuals in flood-affected areas, state broadcaster Radio Pakistan reported.
The distribution was part of the fourth phase of a KSrelief project to provide winter kits and 15,000 shelter kits among affected people.
KSrelief has been actively supporting flood-affected families in Punjab. Earlier this month, the Saudi aid agency delivered five trucks carrying 10,000 shelter kits and 10,000 food packages to the provincial government.
As one of the world’s largest humanitarian agencies, KSrelief has carried out numerous relief and development projects across Pakistan. These initiatives span key sectors such as food security, healthcare, shelter, education, and disaster response—further deepening the longstanding ties between Saudi Arabia and Pakistan.
