Minister for Parliamentary Affairs and Law and Justice, Senator Azam Nazeer Tarar has said that the prime minister feels strong concerns for the flood-hit people across the country and would support the affected masses as per the federal government’s budgetary capacity, 24NewsHD TV channel reported on Monday.

In response to the point of order of Senator Nadeem Ahmed Bhutto who demanded the federal government pay attention to flood devastation amid recent rains across the country especially in the provinces of Sindh and Balochistan and mull over some financial assistance to the communities bearing the burden of flood devastation.

Senator Azam Tarar said the flood rehabilitation and relief was the responsibility of the federal and provincial governments.

He added that the prime minister had established a National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) dashboard for round-the-clock data and timely alerts of the disasters in the prevailing monsoon rains.

He said the prime minister was receiving regular updates and was following up on the developing situation to make necessary timely decisions to protect the vulnerable communities