Despite warning from the climate experts, the continued global carbon emissions on an unprecedented scale resulted in one of the worst climate-induced catastrophes for Pakistan. The country is now a poster child of the impending climate disaster. Pakistan has again been besieged by massive floods washing away years of development and with it, the hopes of millions of people. As monsoon rains of unprecedented levels poured down swamping entire communities in much of Balochistan and Sindh since June, the looming humanitarian disaster was obvious. Floods then struck the north of the country in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with unforgettable video footage flashing around the world of the raging river tearing through Swat Valley taking out all before it, and waters rising around Charsadda, Dera Ismail Khan, Tank, and other areas. Although differing in sequence, the 2022 floods remind us of t... Read More

The brave veteran of Indo-Pakistan Wars of 1965 and 1971 and one of the oldest and seniormost Armoured Corps officers, Brigadier Mohammad Ahmed, passed away on September 15, 2022.  One can go on writing a book, which eventually is my resolve, but since it is a tribute that I have hurriedly man... Read More

Given the unprecedented nature of flood situation in Pakistan during the monsoon season, the Prime Minister had directed for the establishment of a national level response coordination centre to better synergize national response to the disaster caused by the recent floods. Establishment of a Nation... Read More