NDMA chairman visits Lahore, meets Punjab CM and other stakeholders

Chairman of National Disaster Management Authority Lieutenant General Inam Haider Malik held interactive sessions with various stakeholders to seek exploratory synergy for proactively remodelling national preparedness and response mechanism during his visit to Lahore.

He called upon Punjab CM Chaudhry Parvez Elahi in his office. Matters related to better disaster management between the federal and provincial stakeholders came under discussion.

He apprised the CM of the principle ideas of remodelled national response regime that will mainly incorporate technology-driven early warning systems for sensing any calamity before it strikes. He also deliberated upon the need for building a greater national plan for global attention.

Earlier, he attended as chief guest the passing out parade of 234 rescuers trained for Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Punjab and distributed trophies and shields to extraordinary personnel.

In his address, he stress the need for learning the latest rescue techniques and praised the standards of training achieved by the trainees.

He also directed the newly passed out rescuers to transfer their skills to native communities for building capacity.

"Rescue 1122 has risen exceptionally well and is now considered as the base organization for a high-end response during time of need, it has emerged as a team which NDMA desires to build and demonstrate to the world when Pakistan leads global bodies,” he said.

The NDMA chief took a round of the Headquarters of the Punjab Safe Cities Authority and praised the safe cities authority for ensuring security and safety. He vowed to replicate the visual system in other areas.