In 2010, the European Commission helped Pakistan with €150 million in humanitarian assistance. A further €76 million has been committed by the EU to cover continuing acute needs in the affected areas such as shelter, water and sanitation, food, livelihood recovery and healthcare. Furthermore, the Commission assured it is prepared to assist again if the upcoming monsoon season proves to be as destructive as in 2010.

The European Commission continues helping recovery Pakistan after the floods occurred during the summer of July 2010. An area of Pakistan stretching from the Chinese border in the north to the Arabian Sea in the south was hit by the worst flooding in living memory. The agricultural heartland of the country was devastated and there was significant damage to public and private infrastructure.

So far this year the European Commission has committed €76 million for humanitarian assistance in Pakistan. €70 million was allocated earlier in 2011 and a further €6 million was committed in July in view of continuing high needs. The most recent funding has been targeted at food and livelihood assistance and to help fight malnutrition in the most vulnerable communities. Moreover, the European Commission is providing €425 million in development assistance to Pakistan in the period 2007-2013.

The European Union's humanitarian involvement in Pakistan focuses on three separate but interdependent crises: support for the Afghan refugees living in Pakistan (around 1.7 million people) mostly through the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees; support for the conflict-affected population and internally displaced persons (1.4 million people) as well as returnees (1.95 million people); and support for the flood-affected population, some of whom are also internally displaced persons, returnees and Afghan refugees.