PM Shehbaz Orders Emergency Response Committee, Provincial Preparedness Ahead of Monsoon

PM for response mechanism ahead of monsoon spell

PM Shehbaz Sharif chairs a meeting to review preparations ahead of the monsoon season.—APP • Body to coordinate with provinces as their cooperation with Centre is key to addressing climate-related disasters• PM directs swift completion of Daanish schools ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday directed federal and provincial authorities to intensify preparations for the upco­ming monsoon season, ordering the establishment of a nati…

PM orders monsoon preparedness as first spell starts

ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Wednesday directed federal and provincial authorities to intensify preparations for the upcoming monsoon season, ordering the

PM Shehbaz orders emergency response committee, provincial preparedness ahead of monsoon

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday ordered the formation of a federal emergency response committee and directed the climate change minister Musadik Malik and the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) chairman to undertake emergency visits to all provinces, Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), and Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) this week to review preparedness for the monsoon season. According to a statement issued by the Prime Minister's Office…

Expected monsoon floods: PM orders finalising emergency fund for rapid response

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday ordered urgent, coordinated national readiness to brace for looming monsoon floods, directing the finance ministry to swiftly finalise an emergency contingency fund for rapid response to any climate-driven disaster this season. Chairing a high-level review meeting on monsoon preparedness, climate resilience and environmental risk management, the prime minister stressed that Pakistan must stre…

PM orders emergency response body as NDMA warns of abnormal monsoon rains - HUM News English

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday ordered the creation of a high-level federal emergency response committee as Pakistan braced for "abnormal" monsoon rainfall and severe heatwaves. The PM issued the directives after a briefing by the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), which warned that global climate anomalies would bring intense heatwaves and unusual precipitation to Pakistan in July. "Pakistan is among the count…