Pakistan to co-operate with Switzerland on managing risks of natural disaster

Swiss foreign minister Ignazio Cassis discussed the matter with Pakistan’s disaster management chief Lieutenant General Inam Haider Malik (Press Information Department via AP)

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said his country looks forward to co-operating with Switzerland on managing the effects of climate change and receiving an advanced weather warning system from the European country.

Swiss foreign minister Ignazio Cassis and the head of Pakistan’s disaster management authority, Lieutenant General Inam Haider Malik, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at the Nathia Gali resort, around 52 miles from Islamabad, to co-operate on ways to manage natural disaster risks.