Parliament House Roofs Leak After Rain, Buckets Deployed as Public Outcry Grows

ISLAMABAD: Intermittent rainfall in the federal capital has laid bare serious structural flaws in the Parliament House, where leaking roofs have caused water to pool on floors, prompting widespread criticism.

To manage the situation, the building’s administration hastily placed buckets at various leaking points in an attempt to contain the water.

However, the scenes of water dripping from ceilings and buckets scattered across the interior floors have since gone viral on social media, drawing sharp public criticism.

Sources revealed that the Capital Development Authority (CDA) had applied tar on the Parliament House roofs last week as a temporary measure to address ongoing leakage complaints. But the stopgap arrangement failed to hold up under the pressure of heavy rain.

The administration has stated that permanent repairs will be undertaken once the rain subsides, promising to resolve all complaints regarding the damaged roofing.

However, the viral images have sparked a larger conversation among citizens, who are questioning how the nation’s most significant legislative building can suffer such neglect—and what that implies about the condition of ordinary government facilities across the country.

Meanwhile,  Monsoon death toll in Pakistan has increased to 221 as more people lost their lives in the torrential rains in the past 24 hours. The death toll has risen as fresh cloudbursts triggered flash floods, landslides, and lightning strikes across various regions, particularly in the country’s mountainous areas, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) reported on Tuesday.

In the last 24 hours alone, rain-related incidents claimed the lives of five people — including two men and three children — while ten others sustained injuries, the NDMA said. Rescue and relief operations are ongoing as weather conditions remain volatile.

As Pakistan reels from a relentless monsoon season, the number of injured in rain-related accidents has climbed to 592, including 77 men, 40 women, and 104 children, according to the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA). The ongoing extreme weather has devastated communities across the country, with Punjab emerging as the worst-hit province, reporting 135 deaths and 470 injuries.

In other provinces, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has reported 40 deaths and 69 injuries; Sindh has seen 22 fatalities and 40 people wounded. Balochistan has confirmed 16 deaths, while Azad Kashmir recorded one fatality and six injuries. Gilgit-Baltistan reported three non-fatal casualties, and Islamabad witnessed one death.

The primary causes of these casualties include structural collapses, drowning, landslides, flash floods, lightning strikes, and electrocution.

The NDMA reported that 25 homes collapsed within the last 24 hours, while five cattle perished. Since the onset of the monsoon, 804 homes have been either damaged or destroyed, and at least 200 livestock animals have been lost.

Province-Wise Property Damage Overview:

• Punjab: 168 homes partially damaged
• Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: 142 homes partially damaged, 78 completely collapsed
• Sindh: 54 partially and 33 fully collapsed homes
• Balochistan: 56 homes partially damaged, 8 destroyed
• Gilgit-Baltistan: 71 partially damaged, 66 completely razed
• Azad Kashmir: 75 partially damaged, 17 destroyed
• Islamabad: 35 partially damaged homes, one fully collapsed

A flood emergency has also been declared in Babusar, where torrential rains have triggered flash floods and landslides across a 7–8 km radius near Babusar Top. At least 14 to 15 routes have been blocked, although authorities confirmed that stranded tourists have been safely relocated to Chilas.

Rescue and relief operations remain underway. However, the NDMA has urged citizens—particularly those living in low-lying or flood-prone areas—to exercise extreme caution as more heavy rainfall is expected.

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