Since mid-March, about 43,000 people have been displaced from Tirah Valley in Khyber Agency, FATA, due to an escalation of hostilities between rival armed groups. Humanitarian partners are providing assistance to 163,102 registered displaced families with an estimated population of 978,000 people in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and FATA due to a complex emergency that has affected the region since 2008.

There are also 1.64 million Afghan refugees receiving humanitarian assistance, and more than 1.3 million people who have returned to FATA since 2009, who require humanitarian assistance.

Humanitarian services for more than 771,000 IDPs in KP and FATA face discontinuation by the year end due to a funding shortfall of $78 million.

UN Deputy Humanitarian Chief Catherine Bragg will visit Pakistan from 16 to 20 November 2012 to raise awareness of critical humanitarian needs and to call for more support for families in the flood-ravaged south of the country and those waiting to return home in north-western areas of Pakistan.

Assistant Secretary-General Bragg is expected to meet high-level Government officials in Islamabad, to discuss how United Nations agencies and other humanitarian partners can better support the Government of Pakistan’s humanitarian response and disaster preparedness efforts.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Humanitarian partners urgently require funds to provide critical life-saving services to flood-affected people in Balochistan, Punjab and Sindh.

• Funding for critical humanitarian services in KP and FATA is insufficient to meet the outstanding needs.

Funds urgently needed for floods response

Partners require US$159 million to provide critical assistance

Critical humanitarian needs remain unmet in flood-affected areas in Balochistan, Punjab and Sindh provinces due to funding constraints.

Crisis Description

Monsoon Floods (Balochistan, Punjab and Sindh):

Monsoon floods occurred in Pakistan in September, affecting more than 5 million people, according to the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA). Balochistan, Punjab and Sindh provinces were the hardest-hit provinces.

Population Movement (KP/FATA):

I. HIGHLIGHTS/KEY PRIORITIES