Amjad Bhatti
Amjad Bhatti is a development journalist specialising in the political economy of disasters and development in South Asia. He is co-author of "Disaster Communication: A Resource Kit for Media" and "Livelihood-Centered Approaches to Disaster Management: A Policy Framework for South Asia". He is the former regional coordinator for Duryog Nivaran, a South Asian network for disaster risk reduction, and also worked as an editor on the South Asia Disaster Report 2005. Currently, he is policy advisor to the Rural Development Policy Institute, based in Islamabad.
Pakistan cyclone warnings not acted on
By Amjad Bhatti
"Those who prepare in advance, suffer less in emergencies," observed Lt. General Farooq Ahmad Khan, chairman of Pakistan's National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) at the Global Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction gathering in Geneva last month.
Ironically, within two weeks of this assertion, the pre-monsoon rain spell in Karachi and North West Frontier Province, and the tropical cyclone along the coastal belt of Sindh and Baluchistan, exposed the low level of preparedness against recurring hazards in Pakistan.
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By Amjad Bhatti
"Those who prepare in advance, suffer less in emergencies," observed Lt. General Farooq Ahmad Khan, chairman of Pakistan's National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) at the Global Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction gathering in Geneva last month.
Ironically, within two weeks of this assertion, the pre-monsoon rain spell in Karachi and North West Frontier Province, and the tropical cyclone along the coastal belt of Sindh and Baluchistan, exposed the low level of preparedness against recurring hazards in Pakistan.
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