Eleven million people in sixty-eight flood-affected rural districts in Pakistan's Balochistan, Sindh, and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region could experience severe food insecurity between November 2024 and March 2025, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization's 2025 Global Report on Food Crises. There are 1.7m of these in emergency situations.
Climate shocks, high food prices, and reduced access to markets during the winter lean season continue to drive the crisis. 2.1m children under five suffer from acute malnutrition, and the prevalence among pregnant and lactating women is concerning, particularly in rural Sindh and KP. The 2022 floods have made the humanitarian situation worse by causing disease epidemics, poor sanitation, and restricted access to healthcare, which puts vulnerable populations at serious risk, according to the Firstpost.