At COP28 UAE, Chairman NDMA Lieutenant General Inam Haider Malik discussed innovative disaster management solutions of Pakistan with Ms.Xiaohong Yang, Deputy Director General of Asian Development Bank (ADB). He demonstrated the state-of-the-art National Emergencies Operations Center (NEOC), which can forecast and communicate the risk of potential hazards using indigenous technology.

Chairman also introduced the concept of mobile NEOCs, which can provide rapid response in remote areas. Ms.Yang appreciated the initiatives and assured ADB’s full technical and financial support through grant for the sustainability of NEOC. It was agreed that NDMA will share proposal with Asian Development Bank (ADB) soon.