Pakistan reviews National Resilience Plan to prepare for next year’s monsoon season
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Climate Change Minister Musadik Malik on Thursday discussed the need for a National Resilience Plan 2025-26, aimed at enhancing preparations and mitigating climate-related disasters, ahead of next year’s monsoon season.
Heavy monsoon rains and floods in Pakistan have killed around 1,006 people and injured 1,063 nationwide since Jun. 26. The country’s most populous Punjab province reported massive devastation in late August after heavy rains coupled with water released by dams in India, triggered floods. At least 134 people were killed while over 4.5 million were affected by the deluges, as the provincial Punjab government launched the largest rescue and relief operation in its history to evacuate over 2.6 million people to safer locations.
Malik called on NDMA Chairman Lt. Gen Inam Haider Malik in Islamabad to discuss strategies to reduce losses inflicted by climate-related disasters on humans, infrastructure, crops and livestock via a National Resilience Plan 2025-26, the climate change ministry said.
“The plan aims to enhance preparedness for the upcoming 2026 monsoon season and to mitigate the devastation caused by natural disasters,” the ministry said in a statement.
