Stakeholders differ over flood impact on supplies

Business stakeholders have expressed divergent views on the impact of floods on supply chains, with some citing delays in interprovincial cargo movement and crop damage, while others insist supplies of food, fuel and medicines remain normal. The federal government has already imposed a climate change and agriculture emergency after floods in Punjab moved downstream towards Sindh, heightening fears of food inflation. Official estimates put the damage at 4.2 million people affected, 1.58 million animals lost and over 4,400 villages inundated in Punjab, with houses and farmland also destroyed in Gilgit-Baltistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. According to media reports, exceptionally high flood levels have been recorded at Panjnad Headworks on the Chenab River, while medium levels continue at Sindh’s Guddu and Sukkur barrages.