Zardari calls for global cooperation to reduce disaster risks

President Asif Ali Zardari has called for regional cooperation and global initiatives to strengthen disaster risk reduction, stressing the need to shift from disaster response to preparedness.In his message on International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, observed on October 13, the president said Pakistan had experienced floods, earthquakes, heatwaves and droughts, underscoring the heavy human and economic costs of disasters.