Pakistan is no stranger to earthquakes. The quake that shook the region on Monday was the 40th in the country’s history and one of the most powerful ones, reports the Express Tribune. The authorities have, however, failed to devise proper disaster prevention protocols.
More than 88,000 Pakistanis have lost their lives and over a million people have been injured in earthquakes since 1971, according to figures gathered from multiple sources. Senator Humayun Mandokhail lamented the lack of any new natural disaster management policy. “We must create awareness among masses about surviving natural disasters,” he said. “We can minimise losses by forcing people to follow building control instructions.”
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