KARACHI, April 30: A provincial-level, Disaster Management Authority, was formed at a meeting held under the chairmanship of Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad on Sunday. The authority will be an independent organisation to be headed by chief secretary Sindh. It would have its own SOP, staff and offices.

The meeting was attended by Senior Minister Syed Sardar Ahmed, Home Minister Rauf Siddiqi, Adviser on Finance, M A Jalil, Adviser on Local Government Waseem Akhtar, City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal, concerned secretaries, Chancellor of Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology Z A Nizami, and representatives of other universities.

The meeting decided to set up the authority after discussing in detail the proposals mooted by various committees set up in earlier meetings on the issue of disaster management.

The authority will involve the Civil Defence, Fire Brigade, Red Cross, NGOs besides having coordination of all district governments in the province.—APP