The Indonesian Embassy Conveyed The Good News: No Indonesian Citizens Become Victims Of Pakistan Floods

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JAKARTA - The Indonesian Embassy in Islamabad and the Indonesian Consulate General in trauma ensured that no Indonesian citizens (WNI) were victims of the flood disaster in Pakistan.

The Indonesian Embassy in Islamabad and the Consulate General in war has coordinated with local authorities and communicated with the Indonesian community nodes. There is certainty that no Indonesian citizens were victims of the flood disaster, as quoted by Antara, Monday, August 29.

Pakistan experienced flash floods in the provinces of Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Pakistan's National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) recorded around 1,000 people died as a result of the flood disaster.

The Pakistani government has also declared an emergency in the affected areas.

Regarding these conditions, the Indonesian Embassy in Islamabad and the Indonesian Consulate General in war had conveyed an appeal to Indonesian citizens in Pakistan to always be responsive and alert and monitor information submitted by the NDMA and the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD).

In addition, Indonesian citizens in Pakistan are also advised to postpone their trip to disaster-prone areas in the country and immediately contact the local authorities and nearest Indonesian Representatives in the event of an emergency situation.

For Indonesian citizens in Pakistan who need further information or assistance, they can contact the Indonesian Embassy's hotline Islamabad at [phone] and the Indonesian Consulate General's hotline di number [phone].

According to the records of the Indonesian Embassy in Islamabad, 1,267 Indonesian citizens in Pakistan and the majority of them live in Islamabad, mediate, Rawalpindi, Siallot, Gujrat and Peshawar.

Pakistan needs financial assistance to deal with the floods that have occurred. Hope international financial institutions such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) take into account the economic impact, the country's foreign minister said.

Heavy rains of high intensity that hit Pakistan, causing severe flooding in the country's northern and southern regions, affected more than 30 million people and killed more than 1,000 people.

Even Pakistan's Foreign Minister, Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, admitted that he had never seen such a severe devastation.

"I find it very difficult to express in words, that's extraordinary," he said.

Pakistan is known to be in an economic crisis, facing high inflation, a depreciated currency and a current account deficit.

The IMF board will decide this week whether to issue $1.2 billion, as part of its seventh and eighth Pakistan bailout program, which came in 2019.

Bhutto-Zardari said the board was expected to approve the release, given the agreement between Pakistani officials and IMF staff that it had been reached and he hoped in the coming months the IMF would recognize the impact of flooding.

"Going forward, I hope not only the IMF, but the international community and international agencies to truly understand the extent of the devastation," he said.