Punjab is experiencing its worst flooding in decades, with officials confirming it to be the most severe since 1988.
Large parts of Kasur, Sialkot, and Narowal districts are already underwater, and experts caution that the crisis could escalate downstream over the next couple of days, putting vast areas of the province at grave risk.
Authorities have raised concerns about the possibility of heavy human losses along with the destruction of infrastructure, with damages feared to reach trillions of rupees.
Preliminary assessments suggest that more than 20 million people in Punjab could be affected, as the Sutlej, Chenab, and Ravi rivers surge through thickly populated regions.
Officials remain on high alert as additional inflows are expected, warning that this may turn into the province’s most devastating flood in nearly forty years.