Nature, the nurturing and kind entity that we depend on for our sustenance, when shifts to malevolence, births phenomena which are hazardous to humans. These natural hazards become disasters without any plan of action to prepare for their eventual arrival. The magnitude of devastation caused by these events cannot be[...]

Islamabad: The Board of Directors of the National Disaster Risk Management Fund (NDRMF) has approved 10 projects aimed at the reduction of disaster risk at the cost of Rs4.9 billion, including a grant financing worth Rs3.6 billion. A meeting of the board presided over by the Finance Secretary Naveed Kamran[...]