BEIJING: The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) and the Institute of Electrical Engineering of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IEECAS) have signed a memorandum of understanding to improve the lightning warning capability and reduce loss of lives and property in Pakistan.
PMD Director General Sahibzad Khan and IEECAS Director Dr Yaohua Li signed the MoU here in Beijing.
Khan Muhammad Wazir, the science counsellor at the Embassy of Pakistan in Beijing, and Prof Tianhua HONG, the China- Pakistan Joint Research Center on Earth Sciences executive director, witnessed the signing of the MoU.
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The purpose of the MoU is to initiate and promote the establishment of a VLF/LF lightning detection network in Pakistan to improve the lightning warning capability of the PMD and to reduce casualties and property losses caused by lightning disasters.
After the signing ceremony, the Pakistan embassy official thanked the Chinese side for their support in building the disaster management capacity of Pakistan.
Wazir noted with satisfaction the growing cooperation between the two countries in the fields of environment protection, climate change and disaster management through technology transfer, sharing of information and capacity building programmes.
