A Review of Pakistan National Disaster Response Plan 2010 a Tool of Environmental Framework on Disaster & the Shortcoming of Framework

In past for the management of disasters, preventive approaches were not taken into consideration and the focus was only post-disaster interventions. Recently with the advancement of science and technology it is realized that disaster are the outcomes of hazards and that, that its impacts could be mitigate to a great extent. For this purpose certain guidelines and standard operating procedures were set-in with the passage of time. In this regard, paper work started with the declaration of International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction on January 1st 1990, by the United Nations, followed by Yokohama Strategy and Plan of Action for a Safer World. In continuation, Hyogo Framework of Action (HFA) 2005-2015 formulated, which was signed by 168 nations. Being a member country, Pakistan was also in compulsion to adopt the HFA and work on to counter effect the impacts of Disaster. Although Pakistan has taken a number of initiatives under the guidance of HFA guideline; But unfortunately Pakistan couldn’t get much benefit with guidelines of HFA, as there are so many issue lie within the Pakistan National Disaster Response Plan 2010.