Parliamentary Secretary for Information and Broadcasting Barrister Danyal Chaudhry emphasized during his address at the 'Rethinking Climate Adaptation and Disaster Management' seminar that flood issues cannot be viewed through a political lens but are a matter of national survival, urgently requiring new governance to counter climate challenges.
The seminar featured prominent experts and personalities including Gen. (R) Samreez Salik, Senator Hidayatullah, Climate Expert Sohail Malik, and Managing Director of Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies Abdullah Khan.
Barrister Danyal stated that "the 2025 flood devastation is essentially a repeat of the 2022 tragedy. The repeated destruction in Punjab and KPK province demonstrates that this is not merely weather events but a systematic pattern of devastation."
He warned that "Our current provincial governance system is so large and centralized that providing timely relief becomes difficult in regions like Chitral and Gilgit-Baltistan."
Proposing the establishment of special administrative units as a solution to this crisis, the Parliamentary Secretary stated that "this is not political but a matter of national survival. We need governance that can counter climate challenges."
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