Pakistan: Monsoon flooding - Sindh ‘vulnerable to disasters for two more decades’

The meteorological department’s data has suggested that Sindh needs to get prepared since they may face disasters during the monsoon season. The chairman of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), Dr Zafar Iqbal Qadir, told The Express Tribune: "If this time the disaster is as bad as it was last year then we have to work in advance."

The NDMA also intends to use its Islamabad monsoon contingency plan for all districts, which includes a disaster insurance component. "There is a financial model and mechanism to generate disaster risk financing and the government is on board and the World Bank has agreed to provide technical assistance," said Qadir.