Unfortunately, in recent times, Pakistan has been hit by several natural disasters. In Oct. 2005, Pakistan was devastated by the worst earthquake in its history; the nation was totally unprepared to deal with the unprecedented calamity of this magnitude.
Accordingly, the international donors, a large number of NGOs and the United Nations donated billions of dollars for the rehabilitation of the flood victims. In return what the donors wanted was transparency about money, housing facilities, audits, distribution of food commodities, etc. That Pakistan miserably failed to do!
Learning from these mistakes, and in order to effectively deal with any natural disaster in future, the Natural Disaster Management Ordinance 2007 (NDMO) was promulgated creating an independent body, named as Natural Disaster Management Authority (NDMA).
The primary objective of NDMA was to improve the coping capacities in high-risk areas and provide an effective natural disaster management system.
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Accordingly, the international donors, a large number of NGOs and the United Nations donated billions of dollars for the rehabilitation of the flood victims. In return what the donors wanted was transparency about money, housing facilities, audits, distribution of food commodities, etc. That Pakistan miserably failed to do!
Learning from these mistakes, and in order to effectively deal with any natural disaster in future, the Natural Disaster Management Ordinance 2007 (NDMO) was promulgated creating an independent body, named as Natural Disaster Management Authority (NDMA).
The primary objective of NDMA was to improve the coping capacities in high-risk areas and provide an effective natural disaster management system.
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