Since June 2025, relentless monsoon rains, glacier lake outbursts, and flash floods have unleashed devastation across Pakistan. Provinces including Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan, Gilgit, and Azad Kashmir have been swallowed by floodwaters.
The result: over 2 million people affected, more than 1,000 lives lost, and millions displaced. Homes, schools, roads, and hospitals lie in ruins. Entire communities are stranded without food, clean water, or medical care.
This is more than a natural disaster. It is a humanitarian emergency of historic scale.
In Sindh, Aamir, a father of four, watches helplessly as his family sleeps under an open sky after their house collapsed. In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a mother clutches her child as helicopters drop food packs to villages cut off by landslides. In Azad Kashmir, families displaced by glacial lake outbursts live in makeshift tents, unsure of when they will return home.
These are not isolated stories. They are the lived reality of millions of Pakistanis.
👉 Your donation to the Pakistan Emergency Appeal can provide food, water, and shelter to families tonight.
Punjab has endured its worst floods since 1988. Over 10 lakh acres of farmland are under water. Millions of residents are displaced. Wheat, rice, cotton, and sugarcane—the lifeblood of Pakistan’s food supply—have been destroyed.
The damage goes beyond this season. Prolonged waterlogging is increasing soil salinity, which could cripple agricultural productivity for years. Without urgent recovery, food security for the entire country is at risk.
While Punjab battles its devastation, Sindh faces rising waters. Forecasts warn that floods here may be even more catastrophic. Sindh, already vulnerable due to weak infrastructure, could see millions more displaced and farmland wiped out.
The urgent task now is preparing relief in advance. If we wait until the flood peaks, it will be too late. Kashmir Welfare Foundation is mobilising teams to ensure food packs, hygiene kits, and shelters are ready.
In August, flash floods tore through Swat, Bajaur, and Buner, sweeping away homes, roads, and bridges. Landslides buried villages, while rivers burst their banks with ferocity.
Tragedy deepened when a rescue helicopter crashed during operations, underlining the extreme risks faced by both victims and responders. KP’s mountainous terrain has left many families completely cut off, relying on airdrops for survival.
Glacial lake outbursts and cloudbursts hit Gilgit and Azad Kashmir hard. Homes along rivers were swept away in minutes. Villages that depend on fragile mountain agriculture lost both crops and livestock.
For communities already struggling with isolation and poverty, the floods have added unbearable strain. Yet amid this, resilience shines through—villagers digging drainage channels, women cooking for neighbours, children returning to makeshift schools.
Across Pakistan, the food system is collapsing. Crops and livestock have been lost, supply chains disrupted, and markets destabilised.
For low-income families, this is a death sentence. When 70% of income goes to food, even a small rise in prices means skipped meals, malnutrition, and desperate coping strategies.
👉 Support families with food packs and clean water through the Pakistan Emergency Appeal.
Contaminated water and destroyed sanitation have unleashed a wave of cholera, diarrhoea, dengue, and malaria. More than 40 health facilities are damaged across flood-hit regions. Doctors warn of epidemics if urgent WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) interventions do not scale up quickly.
Hygiene kits, clean drinking water, and mobile hospitals are urgently needed. Without them, preventable disease could claim as many lives as the floods themselves.
Agriculture contributes nearly one-quarter of Pakistan’s GDP. With Punjab, Sindh, and KP all devastated, the ripple effects are national.
Small businesses—market stalls, workshops, transport vendors—are gone. For many, their livelihoods drowned overnight. Without microfinance and grants, they may never recover.
Rebuilding after the 2025 floods will take years, not months. Experts warn:
The only way forward is building back better. If Pakistan simply restores what was lost, it risks repeating this tragedy.
Recovery must go beyond survival. It must transform Pakistan’s resilience.
This disaster can be a turning point—if Pakistan invests in resilience while rebuilding.
Kashmir Welfare Foundation has been working across Pakistan:
Every donation we receive is channelled carefully into urgent relief and sustainable recovery.
👉 Stand with Pakistan today. Donate to the Pakistan Emergency Appeal.
Every pound you donate directly impacts families facing disaster. Even a small contribution goes a long way in saving lives.
Any Amount – Wherever Most Need for Flood Relief
You can donate any amount of your choice for the flood relief efforts in KPK, Punjab and Sindh. Your money will be utillised wherever the need is greater.
£15 – Hygiene & Sanitary Pack
Provide essential female hygiene products to ensure dignity, cleanliness, and health for women affected by the floods. Childrens Packs are also distributed.
£40 – Emergency Food Pack
Provide a family of five with essential food supplies to survive the immediate aftermath of floods and disasters.
£60 – Clean Drinking Water Tanker
Deliver safe, potable water to flood-affected communities where local supplies have been contaminated.
£100 – Daig of Rice / Curry & Chappati
Provide a hot, nutritious meal to flood-affected families, ensuring they receive essential food and energy during this critical time of need.
£120 – Tent Shelter
Provide a temporary flood shelter for a family whose home has been destroyed or submerged.
£850 – International Standard Medical Camp
Urgent Medical Relief camp with International standard medication to tackle flood related diseases as well as other diseases and illnesses that may exist.
Together, we can bring hope, dignity, and safety to those who have lost everything. Your Zakat, Sadaqah, and Regular Giving can save lives and build resilience for generations.
1. How many people are affected by the Pakistan floods 2025?
Over 2 million people, with more than 1,000 confirmed deaths and millions displaced.
2. Which areas are hit hardest?
Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan, Gilgit, and Azad Kashmir have all been devastated.
3. What are the biggest challenges now?
Food insecurity, waterborne diseases, destroyed infrastructure, and inflation are the most urgent challenges.
4. How is Kashmir Welfare Foundation helping?
We are delivering food, water, hygiene kits, and medical aid while planning long-term recovery and resilience projects.
5. Can I give Zakat or Sadaqah to flood relief?
Yes. Zakat, Sadaqah, and Regular Giving directly support flood-affected families in Pakistan.
6. How long will recovery take?
Households may take 3–5 years to rebuild. National economic recovery could take up to a decade.

