The European Commission announced the allocation of €20 million in additional funding to assist victims of 2011's monsoon floods in Pakistan and people displaced by recent military interventions. The European Union's total assistance for Pakistan (including the contributions of the Commission and those of Member States) amounts to €2,458 billion for the period 2009 -2013.

€20 million will be added to the funding already given to Pakistan to assist victims of last year's monsoon floods in Pakistan and people displaced by recent military interventions. It brings the Commission's 2012 humanitarian funding to Pakistan to €55 million, and it will provide shelter, food, healthcare, clean water and sanitation. In October 2011, €6.5 million was also allocated for humanitarian assistance to victims of Pakistan's floods.

According to the European Union Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response, Kristalina Georgieva, the EU must not forget that millions of people are still struggling to recover, especially in the province of Sindh after the 2010 and 2011 floods occurred in Pakistan. In addition, the Commissioner Georgieva highlighted the need to react quickly to help more than forty thousand displaced families in Khyber, Pakhtunkhwa province – including a significant number of vulnerable families headed by women. Around 300,000 displaced people in the region need urgent assistance.

In 2011 the European Commission gave €94.9 million to Pakistan in response to emergency needs triggered by flooding, conflict and the needs of Afghan refugees in the country. The Commission has given €68 million from its development budget to support agricultural activities and flood recovery, and €90 million will soon be made available for community development and resilience-building in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.