A Turkish technical delegation led by the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA) visited Pakistan to explore enhanced cooperation on flood management and climate resilience and to lay the groundwork for a joint roadmap of future initiatives. The visit combined technical consultations, field assessments and institutional exchanges aimed at strengthening practical and policy-level collaboration.
The delegation included experts from the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change of the Republic of Türkiye, the General Directorate of State Hydraulic Works (DSİ) and the General Directorate for Water Management, alongside TİKA specialists. Meetings were held with Pakistan’s key institutions, including the Federal Flood Commission, Pakistan Meteorological Department, National Disaster Management Authority, Water and Power Development Authority and the Ministry of Climate Change and Environmental Coordination, to align priorities on flood management and related challenges.
A central meeting took place with the Secretary of the Ministry of Climate Change and Environmental Coordination, Aisha Humera Chaudhary, and senior ministry officials. Discussions exchanged practical lessons and experiences from Türkiye and Pakistan on flood and disaster management practices, with an emphasis on scalable technical solutions and institutional coordination.
Both sides shared information on ongoing and planned work in areas such as water, sanitation and hygiene, river basin and glacier management, avalanche response, desertification and erosion control, climate-resilient infrastructure, and early warning and hydrometeorological observation systems. Potential cooperation opportunities were also identified for zero-waste approaches, institutional capacity building, technical training programs and joint research and development addressing climate adaptation and disaster resilience.
The delegation conducted field visits to hydrometeorological monitoring and flood management facilities in Islamabad, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Lahore, including telemetry-based hydro-met stations, flood-affected river areas and operational forecasting centres. Technical teams from both countries exchanged views on integrated flood forecasting systems, data-driven risk monitoring, sediment and erosion control measures and community-based resilience approaches that can be adapted to local contexts across Pakistan.
The visit underlined longstanding solidarity between Türkiye and Pakistan and reinforced a shared commitment to confronting the mounting threats of climate change, extreme weather and disaster risk. Officials agreed to continue technical exchanges and to move forward on a joint roadmap that advances flood management capacity and climate resilience across vulnerable regions of Pakistan.
