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Ismaili Imamat’s Prince Rahim Aga Khan Donates $10 Million to Flood Victims

Unrelenting floods are destroying the nation’s infrastructure, and on Sunday, the Ismaili Imamat pledged $10 million to help with rescue operations.

A $5 million direct donation will be made to the Pakistani government, and a further $5 million will be given to Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) organizations working in Pakistan to aid with relief operations. The donation follows a conversation on Sunday between Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Prince Rahim Aga Khan, the eldest son of His Highness the Aga Khan, the 49th hereditary Imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims and Chair of the AKDN’s Environment and Climate Committee.

PM Shehbaz posted on Twitter that he was very grateful to His Highness the Aga Khan for [the] contribution of $10 million for the flood victims in Pakistan. He continued that he requested His Highness to play his role in raising awareness about the flood situation in the international community in a telephone conversation with Prince Rahim Aga Khan today. Details indicate that Prince Rahim and the woman over the phone talked about the flood damage. He expressed his concern for the lives and property lost as a result of the terrible floods.

Prince Rahim remarked that he is really worried about the repercussions of the current floods in Pakistan, which have been exacerbated by the effects of climate change. To tackle the climate disaster that threatens to swallow us, we all—governments, businesses, communities, and individuals—must step up our efforts to combat these floods and the numerous other weather extremes we are experiencing around the world. The Ismaili Imamat’s institutions have been enlisted to aid the government in its efforts at relief and restoration.

He said that they had instructed Aga Khan network-affiliated development organizations to participate in and support the government’s relief and rescue efforts. The prime minister thanked Prince Rahim for the gift and praised the Aga Khan network’s involvement in various development initiatives.

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33 million people have been affected and at least 1,290 people, including 453 children, have died as a result of floods in Pakistan’s northern highlands brought on by record monsoon rains and thawing glaciers. Climate change is being blamed for the ongoing flooding.

Manchar Lake, which is used to store water, has reached dangerous pressure levels, and the surrounding areas in southern Sindh province are now in danger, according to Sindh Irrigation Minister Jam Khan Shore. A surge of water flowed down the Indus River, causing significant flooding in southern Pakistan in addition to record rainfall.

The country has already received 390.7 millimeters of rain, or over three times the 30-year average, in the three months that ended in August (15.38 inches). The 50 million-person Sindh province was hardest hit, receiving 464% more rain than the 30-year normal.

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