Pakistan – Situation Report 3: Monsoon Floods, Intersector Coordination Group – December 2025

This report is produced by Inter-sector Coordination Group in collaboration with humanitarian partners. It covers the period from 15 November – 15 December. These reports are issued on monthly basis with the next report scheduled to be published around 15 January 2026.

Situation and Impact

In Punjab, flood-affected communities across Bahawalpur, Rahim Yar Khan, Bahawalnagar, Jhang, Muzaffargarh, Dera Ghazi Khan, Rajanpur, Khanewal, and Multan continue to face acute humanitarian and early recovery needs. Although floodwaters have largely receded, many families remain in temporary shelters—predominantly tents—with limited access to food, health services, and WASH facilities, while agricultural land remains uncultivable due to sedimentation and silt deposits. As winter conditions intensify, priority needs include winterization assistance (tents, blankets, warm clothing, and heating items), alongside food, health, WASH, livelihood, and agricultural support to restore self-reliance. In Bahawalpur Division, critical gaps persist in shelter repair, dry rations, livestock fodder, and winter clothing, with district authorities requesting 100 family tents as a priority. While WFP, through partner organisation (ACT International), has initiated cash assistance for 28,000 households in Multan, Muzaffargarh, and Bahawalpur, overall assistance remains insufficient relative to the scale of damage. Smog-related respiratory illnesses are increasing in Dera Ghazi Khan, Rajanpur, and Muzaffargarh, while Jhang highlights the need for Cash-for-Work initiatives and agricultural inputs to support early recovery.

The information collated from 5Ws highlights provincial disparities between the affected population and reach in floods response. Punjab records the highest number of affected individuals at 3.5 million, with 0.6 million reached to date. In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), an estimated 1.2 million people are affected, of whom 0.3 million have been reached. Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) reports a comparatively smaller affected population of 0.2 million, with 20,000 reached. Overall, the data indicates that while response efforts are underway across all provinces, a considerable proportion of affected populations remain unreached, underscoring the need to further scale up interventions, particularly in Punjab and KP.