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Minister for Planning & Development Ahsan Iqbal has expressed strong commitment to revive the National Flood Protection Programme to safeguard the country from future climate change-related disasters.
He was addressing the inaugural session of a workshop titled ‘Flood Resilience in Pakistan: Reducing the Risk of Water-Related Disasters’ held in Islamabad in collaboration with the government of Netherlands on Tuesday.
The programme was initiated by the PML-N previous government, however it was abandoned by the PTI regime.
The Minister stressed the need for forging an international partnership to benefit from the technologies of developed countries like the Netherlands that shared its experience and knowledge to help Pakistan mitigate future disaster threats.
Source: Radio Pakistan