{"id":82215,"date":"2025-08-04T14:21:50","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T09:21:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=82215"},"modified":"2025-08-04T15:26:37","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T10:26:37","slug":"pm-shehbaz-calls-for-vigorous-efforts-to-deal-with-climate-change-in-gb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/pm-shehbaz-calls-for-vigorous-efforts-to-deal-with-climate-change-in-gb\/","title":{"rendered":"PM Shehbaz calls for vigorous efforts to deal with climate change in GB"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>GILGIT: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday reviewed the devastation caused by recent rains in various areas of <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/ndma-issues-glof-alert-for-kp-gilgit-baltistan\/\">Gilgit-Baltistan<\/a> and called for vigorous efforts to effectively deal with climate change.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier today, the Prime Minister arrived at Gilgit Airport for a one-day visit, where he was welcomed by Chief Minister GB Ali Gulbar Khan, GB Governor Syed Mehdi Shah, and other officials welcomed the premier.<\/p>\n<p>Chairing a high-level meeting to assess the damages caused by the recent monsoon rains, the prime minister said the natural disaster resulted in extensive destruction and sadly claimed several lives, the state-run <em>APP<\/em> reported.<\/p>\n<p>Highlighting Pakistan\u2019s minimal contribution to global emissions, the prime minister stressed that despite the fact that Pakistan contributed almost zero emissions, it was among the top ten nations most affected by climate change-induced disasters.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Despite Pakistan\u2019s near-zero emissions, we suffer huge devastation every year due to global warming,&#8221; he noted.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing a review meeting, PM Shehbaz termed the destruction caused by cloudbursts in Diamer and other areas as \u201cunfortunate\u201d. The prime minister offered prayers for those who lost their lives and wished a speedy recovery for the injured.<\/p>\n<p>Sharif said that he has come to assess the damage caused by floods and cloudbursts in Gilgit-Baltistan, and that federal institutions are in full contact with the Gilgit-Baltistan government.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif chairs a meeting regarding the recent floods and rehabilitation work in Gilgit Balitistan. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/s8YZwIVxfI\">pic.twitter.com\/s8YZwIVxfI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Government of Pakistan (@GovtofPakistan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovtofPakistan\/status\/1952312115877794154?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 4, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>He said that Pakistan is among the 10 countries severely affected by climate change. Rains and floods also caused great destruction in 2022, and every year, we are affected by climate change.<\/p>\n<div class=\"col-lg-8\">\n<div class=\"newsdetailcontent\">\n<p>He said that all regions of the country are facing the consequences of climate change, highlighting the critical role of the Ministry of Climate Change in dealing with this challenge.<\/p>\n<p>He hailed the work of various federal authorities, including the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), for relief and rehabilitation in the flood-affected areas.<\/p>\n<p>The Prime Minister said that Daanish Schools will be established in Gilgit-Baltistan, vowing that he will visit the region once the monsoon rains end to lay the foundation stone of the school.<\/p>\n<p>He said that he is also personally overseeing the solar power project approved by the Central Development Working Party (CDWP) for Gilgit-Baltistan. He said the project&#8217;s approval will also be sought from ECNEC, assuring that it will be his utmost effort to complete the project at the earliest.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>PM Shahbaz Sharif also met the Governor and Chief Minister of Gilgit-Baltistan, where they briefed the former on the flood situation and damages caused by the recent rains.<\/p>\n<p>The Governor of Gilgit-Baltistan apprised the Prime Minister of the progress of ongoing development projects and the law and order situation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_18 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_1 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_18\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Chief Minister Gilgit Baltistan Gulbar Khan discussed key local issues with the premier and also paid tribute to the prime minister for the decision to establish Danish Schools in Gilgit-Baltistan.<\/p>\n<p>They also discussed the overall law and order situation and the progress of development projects in Gilgit-Baltistan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GILGIT: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday reviewed the devastation caused by recent rains in various areas of Gilgit-Baltistan and called for vigorous efforts to effectively deal with climate change. Earlier today, the Prime Minister arrived at Gilgit Airport for a one-day visit, where he was welcomed by Chief Minister GB Ali Gulbar Khan, GB [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":82225,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13446,2],"tags":[643,5476,30507],"class_list":["post-82215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-pakistan","tag-gilgit-baltistan","tag-pm-shehbaz","tag-pm-shehbaz-sharif-in-gilgit"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82215"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82215\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82226,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82215\/revisions\/82226"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}