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Response
Pakistan’s National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) play a critical role in the management of the the nation’s coordination of rescue, relief and recovery efforts with all stakeholders. As part of preparations for the 2016 monsoon season, a National Post Flood-2015 Review Conference was held in January 2016, seeking to implement a strong response for future monsoons.

Pre-monsoon
The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) forecasted early Monsoon, and so preparations for response were made early on. Pre-monsoon instructions were issues to all stakeholders on March 18 2016, one week after the pre-monsoon spell started.

The Khyber Paktunkhwa region was most heavily impacted by the pre-monsoon and its government administered relief to citizens in the region. The equivalent of $1,000 was issued to those whose houses were destroyed or $500 to those partially damaged. Injured citizens received $500, and relatives of the deceased received $3,000. In 2016, for the first time, pre-monsoon season was more intense and devastating than the actual monsoon season.

Monsoon
To enhance response capabilities of the Army, the National Reserve of Flood Fighting Equipment was created, providing fiber glass boats and life saving jackets to various regions. Due to the enhanced preparations prior to monsoon season, awareness levels were high, resulting in timely evacuations during flash floods.

Inter-provincial coordination proved problematic during the period, with important communication artery between Punjan and AJK being closed off due to the delayed clearance of a landslide on a road in the District Rawalpindi.

Relief provided throughout the entire monsoon season in 2016 was extensive: 6,493 tents; 4,198 plastic mats; 10,392 blankets; 323 tons of food items. The Pakistan Army engaged in relief and rescue operations in heavily impacted areas providing food, shelter and medical aid. No international community were in close contact however no request for assistance was made during the floods of 2016.