According to officials, Pakistan is expected to seek over USD 16 billion at a UN summit the next week for the rehabilitation and reconstruction of the regions destroyed by last year's devastating floods, which cost the nation an estimated USD 30 billion in losses.
The flood triggered by unprecedented monsoon rains killed at least 1,739 people while affecting over 33 million. At one time, one third of Pakistan territory was under water.
According to Mumtaz Zahra Baloch, a spokeswoman for the Foreign Office, the "International Conference on Climate Resilient Pakistan" will be held in Geneva on January 9 and is being co-hosted by the governments of Pakistan and the United Nations to raise money for flood victims.
She said that the Conference will be co-chaired by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres.
"The programme will feature a high-level opening segment, where leaders will make supportive statements," she said at her weekly media briefing here.