Punjab’s Senior Provincial Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb said on Saturday the province is experiencing the worst flooding in its history, with Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif leading what she described as the “largest and fastest” rescue and relief operation ever undertaken in Punjab.

According to official figures, 56 people have died and more than 4.2 million affected as 4,155 villages across Punjab remain inundated. Standing crops on 1.496 million acres have been destroyed.

A breakdown shows 1,957 villages along the Chenab, 1,477 along the Ravi, 625 near the Sutlej, and 96 by the Indus submerged. Flooding from the Indus alone has displaced or directly affected 244,000 people.

Aurangzeb said more than 2.2 million people have been relocated since August 22. Relief operations include 49

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