The   2010 Pakistan floods   began in July 2010 following heavy   monsoon   rains in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Sindh PunjabBalochistan   regions of Pakistan   and affected the Indus River basin . At one point, approximately one-fifth of Pakistan 's total land area was underwater.According to Pakistani government data the floods directly affected about 25 million people, mostly by destruction of property, livelihood and infrastructure, with a death toll of close to 3,000.   The number of individuals affected by the flooding exceeds the combined total of individuals affected by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami the 2005 Kashmir earthquake and the 2010 Haiti earthquake .

Trade unions ZENROREN-Japan, CFMEU- APHEDA, Australia, UNISON-UK, IFM-Belgium, UIS-France, Comrade Piero Basso -Italy,P.A.ME Greece, Basque Trade Union LAB, send donation for needy people, APFUTU send relief goods, clothes, Foods, Medicine, in flood affected areas of Pakistan on behalf of International sister Unions.

Floods have submerged 17 million acres (69,000 km 2 ) of Pakistan 's most fertile crop land, have killed 200,000 herd of livestock and have washed away massive amounts of grain. A major concern is that farmers will be unable to meet the fall deadline for planting new seeds in 2010, which implies a massive loss of food production in 2011, and potential long term food shortages.The agricultural damages are more than 2.9 billion dollars, according to recent estimates, and include over 700,000 acres (2,800 km 2 ) of lost cotton crops, 200,000 acres (810 km 2 ) of sugar cane and 200,000 acres (810 km 2 ) of rice, in addition to the loss of over 500,000 tonnes of stocked wheat, 300,000 acres (1,200 km 2 ) of animal fodder and the stored grain losses.

Agricultural crops such as cotton, rice, and sugarcane and to some extent  mangoes   were badly affected in Punjab , according to a Harvest Tradings-Pakistan spokesman. He called for the international community to fully participate in the rehabilitation process, as well as for the revival of agricultural crops in order to get better GDP growth in the future.

In affected Multan Division in   South Punjab , some people were seen to be engaging in profit-taking in this disaster, raising their prices up to Rs 130/kg. Some have called for Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited to write off all agricultural loans in the affected areas in Punjab , Sindh and Khyber Pukhtunkhwa   especially for small farmers.

On 24 September   World Food Programme   announced that about 70% of Pakistan 's population do not have adequate access to proper nutrition. Most of this population with less than adequate nutrition lives in rural areas of the country.

Economic effects

On 7 September 2010, the International Labour Organization   reported that more than 5.3 million jobs have been lost due to the floods, emphasizing that   "productive and labor intensive job creation programmes are urgently needed to lift millions of people out of poverty that has been aggravated by flood damage" .The GDP growth   rate of 4% prior to the floods may turn negative with the estimates ranging from -2% to -5% of GDP. Though the GDP growth may improve in 2011 and beyond, it will be several years before it can return to the 4% level of 2009. The loss of crops will hit the textile manufacturing which is the largest export sector of Pakistan . Furthermore, the loss of over 10 million heads of livestock's along with the loss of other crops will bring down the total agricultural production by more than 15%. Toyota and Unilever Pakistan   have said that the floods may sap growth, necessitating production cuts as people struggle to cope with the destruction. Parvez Ghias the chief executive of Pakistan 's largest motor automaker Toyota   described the economy's state as "fragile". Nationwide car sales are predicted to fall as much as 25%, forcing automakers to reduce production in October 2010 from the pre-flood level of 200 cars per day. The milk supplies have also fallen by 15%, which will cause the retail price of milk to increase by Pk Rs 4 (5 US cents) per liter. Some investors have started to buy the devalued stock   in the hope that they will rise again