ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Army has been summoned to Karachi to deal with the urban flooding situation in the business hub of the country, announced the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR).

According to the ISPR, army personnel have been summoned to the city to assist the civil administration in dealing with the urban flooding situation.

Taking to Twitter, the prime minister also directed Chairman National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) Lieutenant General Muhammad Afzal to reach Karachi immediately and oversee the cleanliness drive.

I have asked the Pak army to also help in cleaning up the city, he said while earlier saying that that he had asked the NDMA Chairman to go to Karachi immediately and start the clean up in the aftermath of the rain.

MONITORING DESK ADDS: In another development, Chairman National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) Lieutenant General Muhammad Afzal called on Chief Minister Sindh Syed Murad Ali Shah Thursday after Prime Minister Imran Khan tasked him to clean rain-hit Karachi.

According to the CM House spokesman, the meeting was also attended by Local Government Minister Syed Nasir Hussain Shah.

They discussed the situation developed in the city in the aftermath of the two-day rainfall that saw urban flooding in parts of the city.

It is pertinent to mention here that Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday asked Pakistan Army to extend help in cleaning rain-battered Karachi.

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