Pakistan floods recovery could take three years, minister warns

Homes surrounded by floodwaters in Sohbat Pur city, a district of Pakistan’s south-western Baluchistan province (Zahid Hussain/AP)

It could take “close to three years” for Pakistan to recover from devastating floods that killed more than 1,700 people and displaced another 7.9 million, the country’s new finance minister has said.

Ishaq Dar, who took the finance post last month for the fourth time in his career, said losses from the floods are estimated to surpass £28 billion and the cost of rebuilding damaged infrastructure will exceed £14 billion.