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So far 982 people have been killed due to floods across Pakistan. As many as 45 persons died in the last 24 hours, according to the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA).

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														So far 982 people have been killed due to floods across Pakistan. As many as 45 persons died in the last 24 hours, according to the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA).
															
					
											
						
														
								
									
										
											
																									
													
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	Islamabad | Updated: August 28, 2022  8:29:33 am														
													
															
													
												
												


		
		
			
				
			
		
		
			
				
			
		
		
			
				
			
		
	

											
											
														
														
														
													Displaced Pakistani families from flood hit areas board vehicles while they move to safe place, in Nasirabad, a district of Pakistan's southwestern Baluchistan province, Monday, Aug. 22, 2022. (AP/PTI)The Pakistan government has decided to call in the Army to help in the rescue and relief operations after many parts of the country were ravaged by the worst floods in more than a decade that has affected more than 33 million people, Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah said on Saturday.

So far 982 people have been killed due to floods across Pakistan. As many as 45 persons died in the last 24 hours, according to the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA).

Another 1,456 persons were hurt, with 113 injuries reported in the last 24 hours, it said. Interior Minister Sanaullah said the armed forces were being deployed in the wake of the biggest floods in more than a decade.

He said the troops have been called in under Article 245 of the Constitution which empowers the government to summon the Army in aid of the civilian administration to deal with an emergency.

A formal notification issued on Friday read that the exact number of troops and area of deployment would be worked out by respective provincial governments in consultation with the military operations directorate and General Headquarters.

https://indianexpress.com/article/world/flood-ravaged-pakistan-to-deploy-army-to-assist-in-rescue-and-relief-work-8115086/

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