Pakistan PM announces aid for flood-hit province

Pakistani Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday announced a 45-million-US-dollar relief fund for the flood-hit Baluchistan province. Footage released by the prime minister's office showed Sharif dropping relief supplies to residents of the Jaffarabad district from a helicopter as part of a mission by the Pakistani military.

Flash flooding from the heavy rains has washed away villages and crops as soldiers and rescue workers evacuated stranded residents to the safety of relief camps and provided food to thousands of displaced Pakistanis. Pakistan's National Disaster Management Authority reported the death toll since the monsoon season began earlier than normal this year — in mid-June — reached 1,033 people after new fatalities were reported in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and southern Sindh provinces. The government has deployed soldiers to help civilian authorities in rescue and relief operations across the country.