Minor girl’s body: Political leadership yet to awake for coping with flood disasters
Recovery of an unidentified minor girl's body from flood water has exposed the relief promises of political leadership amid flood disasters.
The recovery of an unidentified minor girl’s body from flood water has exposed the relief promises of political leadership as the nationals were facing extreme disasters after heavy rainfall and floods.
The political leadership is yet to awake to cope with flood disasters as it is currently busy formulating new strategies for seizing and protecting the power in the Centre and provincial governments.
The picture of a minor girl’s body in flood water brought a new wave of outrage against the political leadership which is paying no attention to the flood disasters. It showed a minor girl’s body on a mat while half of her body was submerged in the flood water.
Photographs of the minor girl who allegedly drowned in flood waters’ were being compared to the body of Syrian refugee child Alan Kurdi found on the beach.
Many social media users shared photos on Facebook and Twitter. They claimed that the girl’s body was found in Dera Ghazi Khan of South Punjab. The girl became a victim of the flood due to not being able to get timely help from authorities and her body was washed away in the water.
ریسکیو 1122 نے تصدیق کی کہ لاش نوشہرہ کی حدود میں سیلابی پانی سے ملی ہے اور یہ ایک کمسن بچی کی ہے۔ ضلع نوشہرہ میں ریسکیو 1122 کے میڈیا کوآرڈینیٹر نبیل خان کے مطابق ’بچی کی لاش منگل کو دریائے کابل کے ایک کنارے سے ملی ہے#FactCheck#floodsituation pic.twitter.com/IeQkwZjUiC
— Mubashir Zaidi (@Xadeejournalist) July 27, 2022
یہ تصویر ذرا غور سے دیکھیں۔ یہ شام کے اس ڈوبے بچے کا منظر جس نے دنیا کے ضمیر کو ہلا کر رکھ دیا تھا سے کم تکلیفدہ نہی ہے۔ خدارا سیاسی لڑائیوں میں سیلاب ذدگان کے تکلیفوں کا سدباب بھی کر لیں۔ https://t.co/tLvatJj4eS
— Amir Mateen (@AmirMateen2) July 27, 2022
In recent days, dozens of incidents in the rain-affected areas have destroyed valuable property and killed livestock which is the main source of livelihood for the local people.
Dera Ghazi Khan:-
Thousands of families have been displaced due to floods in the suburbs of Dera Ghazi Khan. Due to the lack of relief camps, the flood victims are sleeping on the streets / roads under the sky.#TheDGKhanTimes pic.twitter.com/pl3MeI6uNK
— The DG Khan Times (@Thedgk_times) July 27, 2022
ڈیرہ غازی خان لوگ اپنی مدد آپ کے تحت سیلاب سے نبرد آزما pic.twitter.com/bSDRQxa2B4
— Ghazanfar Abbas (@ghazanfarabbass) July 27, 2022
Rains and flash floods in Balochistan since June have killed at least 100 + people including 34 children and 30 women while damaging more than 4,000 homes.
Meanwhile, 706 livestock animals have also been killed in floods. pic.twitter.com/nOvU2vg0f6
— Fridays For Future (@Fridays4future) July 27, 2022
According to Urdu News, Rescue 1122 confirmed that the body was found in the flood water in Nowshera.
The Rescue 1122 media coordinator Nabil Khan in the Nowshera district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province said the girl’s body was found on a bank of the Kabul river on Tuesday. The local people took out the body on the river bank and informed the rescue personnel.
“Rescue 1122 personnel reached the spot and shifted the body of the girl to the district headquarters hospital, after which efforts were made to search for her relatives.
After the investigation, it became clear that the girl belongs to Peshawar’s Hasan Garhi area. After the necessary verification, the body was handed over to the relatives.
The media outlet quoted a local journalist Owais Khattak, saying that the body of the girl found in the flood water in Nowshera is that of two-year-old Sara, who is the daughter of Mubarak Shah, while the victim’s family belongs to Hasan Garhi area of Peshawar.
According to Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD), Monsoon rains are currently continuing in different parts of the country. Due to heavy and continuous rains, various parts of the country are facing flash floods.
On July 27, the PMD said that more rain and stormy winds are likely in Sindh, Balochistan, Punjab, Islamabad, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) on Wednesday night and Thursday morning.
Heavy rains are also likely in Upper Punjab, Islamabad, Upper KP and North Balochistan.
