PM Kakar says Pakistan to continue supporting Kashmiris

ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Prime Minister (PM) Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar on Thursday said Pakistan would continue to extend political, moral, and diplomatic support to its Kashmiri brethren till the resolution of the Jammu and Kashmir dispute.

PM Kakar stated this as Prime Minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Chaudhry Anwar-ul-Haq called on him at the PM House.

Prime Minister Kakar vowed support for the Kashmiris till the implementation of the resolutions of the United Nations Security Council.

The AJK prime minister extended an invitation to PM Kakar to visit Azad Jammu and Kashmir and thanked him for addressing the issues pertaining to energy, water resources, and infrastructure, the official news agency reported.

AJK’s Chief Secretary Dawood Muhammad Bareach was also present on the occasion.

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Meanwhile, PM Kakar on Thursday asked the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) to collaborate with provincial disaster management bodies in order to formulate a national-level strategy.

During his visit to the National Emergency Operation Centre (NEOC), PM Kakar lauded the measures taken by NDMA and NEOC in coping with natural disasters. However, he also stressed steps to enhance the capacity of Provincial Disaster Management Authorities (PDMAs).

The prime minister emphasised benefiting from the research of foreign and Pakistani experts on climate change and the ways to reduce its disastrous effects.

PM Kakar, who is due to participate in the 28^th meeting of the Conference of Parties (COP28) in the United Arab Emirates on December 1-2, said Pakistan would update the world on its experiences in the wake of climate change.

NDMA Chairman Lt Gen Inam Haider Malik briefed the prime minister on the national strategy for disaster management. Federal Ministers Jalil Abbas Jilani and Dr Shamshad Akhtar also attended the meeting.

The meeting was told that NDMA had formulated a strategy for coping with disaster management, making a two-month advance forecast, and minimising the losses.

It was highlighted that Pakistan was among the countries that were facing the consequences of climate change in the shape of glacier melting, floods, glacial lake outburst floods (GLOF), avalanches, landslides, and forest fires.

The meeting was apprised on the tools used by NDMA including mobile disaster vehicles and satellite monitoring to assess the high-risk areas. With a coordinated approach, the data collected is shared with the provincial and local administration.