Pakistan’s most severe monsoon floods in 80 years have  more than four million people in north-western and central Pakistan, including 1.6 million in Punjab. Many people already displaced by conflict in the region have been forced to flee again. The floods now threaten Balochistan and Sindh, where more than 500,000 people have been evacuated to safer areas. The flooding has caused food prices to , while 39 per cent of houses have been destroyed or .

Communities and relief charities have distributed food, clean water and shelter to the victims. The government has also deployed some 50,000 troops and used army helicopters to  stranded families. However, the response remains limited as damaged roads and bridges have  aid workers from accessing affected communities. According to the UN, $200 million is needed to  the relief effort.

The floods have also hit communities already displaced by the 2009 north-western conflict, making them more  as they are struggling to reestablish their livelihoods. Some of the 2.7 million people who had been internally displaced by the conflict had just resumed farming activities when the floods destroyed their land. Jalozai camp, with a population of over 100,000 IDPs, was  for three days after a bridge was , while food airlifts to people in conflict-affected Upper Swat were  by the bad weather. Some aid workers have reported concerns that  of people affected by floods might come at the expense of support to people displaced by the conflict, particularly those who fled the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, where the flooding has had less impact.

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