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Karachi is what experts call an urban heat island, a city that is warmer than its surrounding suburban and rural areas.
Now is the time to put together all our efforts to fight the locust war, build capacity of agriculture departments.
Pakistan's Provincial Disaster Management Authority is missing an all-out disaster management policy, the reason may be the absence of a vulnerability assessment survey.
Pakistan is upgrading its outdated radar system, enabling its meteorological department to predict extreme weather earlier and more accurately.
In a country like Pakistan, where agriculture accounts for 20.9% of gross domestic product and 42% of its labour force is employed in the sector, unsustainable water use can lead to a decrease in fresh water supplies, reduction in agricultural production, loss of employment, migration and extensive socioeconomic stresses.
The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) has decided to establish flash flood guidance centres in Pakistan and India aimed at reducing human and economic losses by strengthening the South Asian region’s early warning system.
Over 11 years after a massive earthquake devastated north eastern parts of the country, geological activity monitoring institutions in the country have yet to add to the number of seismographs installed, particularly in areas along the fault lines and at greatest risk of earthquakes, despite the fact that a hazard study strongly recommended setting up extra stations.
In the past 70 years, 440 radiation accidents have occurred worldwide, largely linked to nuclear power plants. This article reviews the disaster response exercises undertaken in the aftermath of three major nuclear power plants accidents and draw comparisons with disaster response in Pakistan.
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