Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday called for measures to address climate change as he visited the flood-hit Gilgit Baltistan, which has witnessed loss of life coupled with damage to infrastructure in recent days due to heavy rains.
“I regret the loss of life and property due to the rains,” said PM Shehbaz while speaking to the media on his GB visit to assess flood and rain damage.
Noting that the federal bodies were in contact with the GB government, the premier shed light on the issue of climate change and the threat that it posed.
“Every year we are affected by climate change [….] Measures to address climate change challenges are the need of the hour,” the PM said as he recalled the 2022 floods, and further added that the Ministry of Climate Change has been instructed to deal with the challenges in this regard.
Reviewing the devastation caused by recent rains in various areas of GB, the PM directed the relevant authorities to work diligently on disaster response and infrastructure resilience.
PM Shehbaz, while chairing a high-level meeting to assess the losses and damages caused by recent rains and cloud-burst incidents in Diamir and surrounding areas, said that the natural disaster resulted in extensive destruction and sadly claimed several lives.
