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Islamabad: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has directed uninterrupted electricity supply to flood-affected areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for the next week. He was chairing a meeting in Islamabad to review ongoing rescue and relief activities by the federal government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Gilgit Baltistan, and Azad Jammu Kashmir.
According to Radio Pakistan, Shehbaz Sharif ordered the immediate completion of procedures for distributing financial assistance to the flood-affected people of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. He instructed to immediately double the number of trucks carrying relief goods.
The Prime Minister also advised the Minister for Water Resources, Mian Mueen Watto, to immediately reach Azad Kashmir and the Minister for Public Affairs to Swabi to personally oversee the relief activities. He commended Federal Ministers Engineer Amir Muqam, Abdul Aleem Khan, Sardar Awais Khan Leghari, Sardar Yousaf, and Special Assistant Mubarak Zeb for visiting affected areas and supervising infrastructure restoration to help the affectees.
Shehbaz Sharif expressed gratitude to provincial chief ministers, chief secretaries, federal secretaries, Pakistan Army, National Highway Authority, Frontier Works Organization, and rescue and relief agencies for their swift response following his directives.