Pakistan is highly grateful to IAHR for extending its all-out support in various areas of national development, in particular the climate change and water sector. IAHR is playing an outstanding role in strengthening Pakistan’s relation with the international comity to mitigate flood’s damage and climate related issues. These views were expressed by Care-taker Federal Minister for Water Resources, Ahmad Irfan Aslam, during a meeting with the president of International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR), Mr. Philippe Gourbesville. Federal Joint Secretary, Ministry of Water Resources, Syed Muhammad Mehar Ali Shah and Chairman Federal Flood Commission, Mr. Ahmad Kamal was also present in the meeting. The president of IAHR conveyed that the vision of his organization is to offer support to the national organizations in the field of climate change adaptation & mitigation, Energy transition & carbon neutrality, Water related disaster mitigation and Digital Transformation. Indonesia, China, Spain, France, Chilli, Brazil, and other countries were already on this platform, and this initiative would significantly contribute to support Pakistan’s planning and strategies to combat water and climate related issues. Later on, the Care-taker Federal Minister for Water Resources endorses that irrigation departments from the provinces and Pakistan Metrological department would also be brought into the umbrella of IAHR for better understanding and joint collaboration. Care-taker Minister expressed his hope that Pakistan would soon be able to overcome its water sector issues and be able to develop its water sector on modern lines with sustained international cooperation.
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