Re: Heavy rains claim 31 lives across Punjab
Nooras mocked KPK and same thing happened with Punjab now
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Re: Heavy rains claim 31 lives across Punjab
Very unfortunate. I think the Chief Minister of KP was criticized because he was caught on camera dancing in dharna in the federal capital while people in his province very dying due to torrential rainfall. That was irresponsible and insensitive behavior on part of Khattak at a time of tragedy. I doubt if CM Shahbaz Sharif is engaging in similar antics during the torrential rainfall in Punjab. I also think while constructive criticism highlighting deficiencies in infrastructure as well as governmental unpreparedness/inaction/apathy where applicable are always very much needed and helpful, #lulzing](http://www.paklinks.com/gs/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=lulzing) and childish political point scoring and infighting between supporters of different personalities/parties at a time of any tragedy or calamity is a little inappropriate.
Re: Heavy rains claim 31 lives across Punjab
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Death toll touches 70 as torrential rains continue - Pakistan - DAWN.COM
Re: Heavy rains claim 31 lives across Punjab
This is the result of one family's rule in Pakistan's naturally most prosperous province for 30 years.
What a farce!
Almost three decades of absolute government, unlimited funding and still no proper drainage system, no effective emergency rescue team, and they still go to army to help you - yes the same army.
Yes I know Nawaz Sharif supporters will howl about Khattak's dance in response. Go for it. Not that I expect any of them to realise that myth of 'good governance' is busted. They have no option but to do political point scoring to save Sharif family from any kind of criticism.
Re: Rain converts Lahore into Venice
Is Pakistan ready for a monsoon catastrophe? - Pakistan - DAWN.COM
Deadly monsoon: Pakistan’s climate change policy remains stagnantby Rina Khan
[HR][/HR]As deaths mount and cities continue to flood, experts are once again sounding the alarm bells over the impacts of climate change in Pakistan.
More than 130 have been killed in Punjab, Azad Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa due to the heavy torrential rain since Thursday. A number of cities have received over 130mm of rain and the National Disaster Management Authority has said it expects “exceptionally high flooding” in the Chenab and Jhelum rivers over the next few days.
A high-intensity, late monsoon such as this is becoming a pattern now but according to experts the country is yet to learn from recent disasters.
"Earlier we would have well distributed rains during the monsoon season. Now thanks to climate change, the monsoon is becoming more erratic. This season the rainfall was largely below normal and now at the end of the monsoon we have a strong system with high intensity rainfall which is causing destruction,” explains Dr Qamar-uz-Zaman Chaudhry who has recently been appointed Special Envoy of the UN-World Meteorological Organisation on Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Services for Asia.
Chaudhry is the former Director-General of the Pakistan Meteorological Department and also the lead author of Pakistan’s National Climate Change Policy (NCCP).
“The NCCP had called for an improvement in flood forecasting systems across the country,” he points out.
“It had also called for the increased capacity of storm drainage systems in urban areas in expectation of the increased intensity of rainfall events.”
Unfortunately, the comprehensive NCCP that was launched by the PPP government in February 2013 has now been shelved. Shortly after coming to power in the May 2013 general elections, the PML(N)-led government demoted the Ministry of Climate Change to a Division and slashed its budget. The national action plan to implement the NCCP in consultation with all the provinces and regions was never initiated in earnest.
According to Chaudhry, the NCCP was not being implemented simply because climate issues ranked very low on the country’s priority list.
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In Pakistan, climate change issues get the lowest priority, despite the country’s vulnerability to its devastating impacts.
The NCCP highlighted the country’s vulnerabilities to climate change which include erratic monsoon rains, increase in extreme weather events like floods and droughts, projected recession in glacial reserves (a major source of fresh water for Pakistan) and an increase in heat and water stress conditions among others.
For the past three years, the country has topped the list of the Global Climate Risk Index produced by Germanwatch, an NGO that works on global equity issues.
In 2010, Pakistan was listed as the number one country in the world affected by climate related disasters (due to the massive flooding that hit the country); in 2011 it was ranked as number three. Last year’s report listed Haiti, the Philippines and Pakistan as hardest hit by weather disasters in 2012. This year’s report will be launched at the UN Climate Change Conference to be held in Peru in December.
According to Chaudhry, the pattern of recent extreme weather in Pakistan (such as the super floods of 2010 and the more localised floods of 2011 and 2012) clearly indicate the increased frequency and intensity of such events, which is in line with international climate change projections. Scientists all over the world say the debate on climate change is now over and there is a clear consensus that greenhouse gas emissions are warming the planet. They expect this will lead in future to more evaporation of water, moister air and heavier rainfall.
'Life getting worse for Pakistanis’The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) recently launched their Fifth Assessment Report, which has concluded that the scientific evidence for climate change is “unequivocal” with human activity extremely likely to be the cause. The report finds that there is widespread evidence of climate change impacts “on all continents and across the oceans.”
The Asian region as a whole experienced the most weather and climate-related disasters in the world between 2000 and 2008 and suffered the second highest proportion (almost 30 per cent) of total global economic losses. The IPCC finds that the risk of deaths due to flooding is highly concentrated in Asia and that an increase in extreme rainfall events related to monsoons will be very likely in the region. According to the panel, adaptation is the only effective option to manage the inevitable impacts of climate change.
Adaptation is fundamentally about risk management and South Asia has many adaptation options.
Pakistan urgently needs early warning systems at the district level and other Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) activities, but as Chaudhry points out “normally countries would use devastating floods like the ones that occurred in 2010 as an opportunity to improve early warning systems and other systems but our country has not been investing enough in this area.”
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A recent BBC report on communicating climate change in Pakistan finds that people across the country are now experiencing unpredictable rainfall, increased temperatures and changes to the seasons. The Climate Asia Report found that 54 per cent of people that they surveyed across Pakistan think life has become worse in recent years. They have much lower confidence in their government to act.
Climate change is not going away; in fact it is going to get much worse and the government needs to adapt to its impacts on an urgent basis.
Pakistan must act now. Other countries in the region like Bangladesh are already doing it and we can learn from them.
[HR][/HR]Time to rethink flood controlBy Zofeen T. Ebrahim
[HR][/HR]After being hit by 21 major floods since 1950, one would have thought Pakistan would by now have an effective flood management and disaster relief plan in hand.
Woefully, that is not so.
Most water and flood management experts know what works and what does not, the engineering mistakes made in the past, the poor decisions taken and what to do with the extra water. But those working in the government are often heard whispering that their hands are tied because political decisions override the informed solutions offered by the engineers.
While rising population, weather aberrations due to climate change and degradation of ecosystem, especially deforestation, can squarely be blamed for the floods, the risks have been exacerbated by the management mess that prevails, experts say.
Naseer Memon, heading the Strengthening Participatory Organisation, emphasises there is time still to look into the root cause of the 2010 floods and to draw lessons from it. The super flood of 2010 inundated an area of about 38,600 km affecting all the provinces. It killed approximately 2,000 people and caused a damage totaling over $10 billion.
According to Memon, the Indus River’s regime has been “dangerously” tampered with and the response to it has been, at best, “ad-hoc and casual”.
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Re: Rain converts Lahore into Venice
Previously governments used to clean the canals (bhal safayi), I don't think it is being carried out for the past decade or so resulting in floods every year now.
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These floods are an annual event. Any record of Pakistan's government's water management policies from last 10 years?
Re: Rain converts Lahore into Venice
Shabaz Shrif nay to Paris ka wada kiya tha… 
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The dummy PM has called yet another commission/committee - or whatever you call them - to talk about the floods. Let’s see if he comes up with any water management policy and proposes a legislation in the parliament. Now that Parliament is secure and supreme, let’s see if he delivers in this great hour of need.
But I know what’s going to happen, Qatil e Ala will get his Wellington boots out, act like sewer maintenance worker for photo ops, and his blind, insecure fans will go bohot ala bohot ala (yes the have their own way of cult worshipping). While they know in their hearts the exactly the same crisis will repeat next year and the same administration as usual will be found absolutely unprepared with no system in place.
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why limit it to just 10 years? Its never been a priority of any civilian or military government. Pakistan’s Walmart I.I. Chundrigar Road went inundated and still face the same if there is a rain of 50 mm, inspite of major construction during Musharraf era under City Govt of Mustafa Kamal. We just can’t blame one party for all this mess. The country got shady engineers and corrupt constructor who always come up with such disasters. Remember fall of a brige during Musharraf’s era in Karachi? what happened to culprits? Secondly why Punjab government is being blamed left right and centre on this matter, when casualties in Azad Kashmir are more than Punjab. Do Sharifs have government there as well?
Also find out casualties due to rain in Indian Punjab and Indian occupied Kashmir as well. I don’t think Sharifs got any control over this as well.
Monsoon rains death toll over 200 in Pakistan, India – The Express Tribune
I don’t know whether this is being used as political point scoring in India as well?
Shahbaz out in the Flood for 8 hrs in 5 Cities
**Shahbaz teri Parvaz se Jalta hai Zamana … :k:
Kash SS ko bhi Khattak Dance ata takai wo bhi Container pr chr kr “Dance Inqilaab” le ata !
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CM says he won’t rest content until complete rehabilitation of calamity-hit
**** Says emergency imposed in province, flood alert declared***
**LAHORE: ****Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said that he will visit every nook and cranny of the province to look after the people in distress because of ongoing rains and that he would not rest content till complete rehabilitation of all persons affected by the calamity of floods and rains.
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He said that rains were a test sent by the providence but that we would overcome this difficult time with the grace of Almighty Allah and cooperation of the people. He said that the Punjab government would spare no effort in helping out the victims.
According to a handout, the chief minister expressed these views while addressing the people in the cities of Sialkot, Kamonke, Muridke, Daska and Gujranwala on Friday. Chief Minister Shahbaz said that the people of the province would find him with them like ever before.
He said that meeting with the challenge created by floods and rains was collective responsibility of public representatives and administrative officers, expressing the hope that no negligence would be shown in this regard.
He said that officers who do not consider themselves able to serve the people should find other jobs.
He said that the government was utilising all of its resources for the rehabilitation of rain-hit people and that officers and public representatives should go out in field instead of remaining present in their offices. He said it was also an obligation of the public representatives to serve the people, who have elected them with their votes.
Chief Minister Shahbaz said that emergency has been imposed in the province and that flood alert has also been declared. He said that he has also directed all of the provincial ministers to visit various districts to supervise relief activities personally.
Similarly, he said, provincial secretaries have also been ordered to visit various districts and discharge their duties and play their due role in mitigating the sufferings of the people in distress.
Chief Minister Shahbaz said that bad weather conditions could not stop him from visiting the masses in distress and that if helicopters were not available, he would reach them on his car in far-flung areas and that where car could not go, he would reach by foot.
Meanwhile, the chief minister presided over a meeting of administrative officers, public representatives and heads of departments concerned in Sialkot.
He said that the performance of officers would be judged on the basis of their participation in relief activities.
He said that those officers and officials who would display sense of responsibility would be fully encouraged.
While reprimanding the administration for not making long-term planning for controlling the losses being caused to rural and urban localities due to flood in Sialkot, the chief minister said that using beautiful words alone could not cover poor performance.
Re: Rain converts Lahore into Venice
These failed politicians who are more concerned about saving their #demoKursi](http://www.paklinks.com/gs/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=demoKursi) and personal interests and couldnt agree on building dams like Kalabagh are responsible for the death and destruction in Punjab. Wait till all this water enters Sindh, more destruction 
Re: Shahbaz out in the Flood for 8 hrs in 5 Cities
lahore ki rodon ka poll is moon soon ki barish nay khol diya...
khadim e ala nay construction kay awiz kafi ropiya kamaya hia....
Re: Shahbaz out in the Flood for 8 hrs in 5 Cities
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Re: Shahbaz out in the Flood for 8 hrs in 5 Cities
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Re: Shahbaz out in the Flood for 8 hrs in 5 Cities
oye desert birdye… or panchaye… 
IK ishtyle…
Re: Shahbaz out in the Flood for 8 hrs in 5 Cities
Pole to idher UK mien bhi Khul jatay hain jab barf Bari ke baad roads par potholes, mera matlab garhe ban jatay hain.
Re: Shahbaz out in the Flood for 8 hrs in 5 Cities
o meri jaan ke totay! This doesn’t count. This is mere publicity. If he spent 8 days in planing sewerage and irrigation matters during his more than 6 years tenure. There might be no need to visit these areas and photo sessions at all 
Re: Rain converts Lahore into Venice
I’m sorry if you feel so hurt over criticism over of Sharif brothers and felt the need to rush to their defence. The fact that this is their 7th consecutive year of governance in Punjab and they hold a Federal government and overall majority may ring a gong for those who are not deaf to voice of reason. Last time I checked, Azad Kashmir administration was not hailed as beacon of good governance? Is Azad Kashmir even considered part of Pakistan in the mainstream media? I’m from Punjab and Lahore, I have every right to hold Sharif brothers responsible for disastrous, in fact criminal, carelessness. If you have any idea about who governs Azad Kashmir and how their administration an funding system works (admittedly I don’t) by all means, go ahead and criticism them.
Unlike Nawaz Sharif fanboys, I do not care about photo ops in water. I care for having a thorough system in place. Frankly speaking, I’m not here to entertain your political prejudice and insecurities, I’d like to think I don’t need your permission to say anything about Sharif brothers for valid reasons. If you like to distract the dissent and paint a much needed debate on crisis management to emergency response team, to short and long run water management as political point scoring, then perhaps it is who needs to go easy on its newly acclaimed holy cow.