Floods in Pakistan

In June 2022, Pakistan experienced severe flooding and heavy rains that caused widespread damage and the displacement of millions of people. The ICOMOS Pakistan National Committee responded by forming a joint Task Team with the ICOMOS International Scientific Committee on Risk Preparedness (ICORP). The team identified impacted cultural heritage sites and assessed the damage caused by the floods.

ICOMOS and ICOMOS Pakistan also wrote to the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), responsible for coordinating humanitarian relief and emergency response to raise awareness of the need to include cultural heritage protection in the emergency response process.

ICOMOS Pakistan additionally mobilised logistical support to conduct rapid damage assessment of major heritage sites affected by the catastrophe.

Pakistan’s heritage, including its emblematic Indus Valley Civilisation sites, has inevitably been affected – World Heritage Sites of the Archaeological Ruins at Moenjodaro and Historical Monuments at Makli, as well as Tentative Site Rani Kot Fort, Kot Diji Archaeological Site, the Mausoleum of Shah Baharo and Tajjar building in Larkana, the Tomb of Mian Nur Muhammad Kalhora near Moro, suffered damages, as well as the Gandharan sites in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province.