Beijing: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has appreciated China's use of modern technology and techniques to deal with natural calamities, saying that it will also prove to be very helpful in Pakistan. He expressed these views during his visit to the National Facility for Earthquake Engineering Simulation of Tianjin University in China today.

According to Radio Pakistan, the Prime Minister expressed confidence that, by benefiting from Chinese expertise, Pakistan will be able to take effective preventive measures and make strategies to deal with natural disasters in the future. The Prime Minister directed that projects such as the International Medical Centre and the China-Pakistan Joint Lab in Pakistan should be made more active, and the partnership between both countries should be further expanded to deal with natural calamities.

Shehbaz Sharif highlighted ongoing efforts at the national level to cope with the recent flood situation in Pakistan. He announced that convoys of additional relief supplies have been dispatched by the federal government for the flood-affected families in Narowal, Sialkot, Wazirabad, Hafizabad, Chiniot, and Jhang, with the relief aid set to be handed over to the Provincial Disaster Management Authority.

In response to the flood situation in the country, the Prime Minister directed the NDMA to remain in touch with the Punjab government and provide full support to the provincial disaster management authorities. He reaffirmed the government's commitment to continuing relief activities for the flood-affected families.

During the visit, the Prime Minister was briefed on disaster management and rescue technologies, including newly developed medical rescue vehicles at the National Earthquake Simulation Center. He was also briefed on the latest technology developed for precautionary measures against natural disasters.

The Prime Minister was informed that several projects are being executed with mutual cooperation between China and Pakistan, including the China-Pakistan Joint Lab for Disaster and Emergency Medicine, the International Medical Cooperation Center, and the China-Pakistan Friendship Hospital, all built under the Belt and Road Initiative.