Climate change emerges as one of world’s most potent challenges: PM

Islamabad: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif says climate change has emerged as one of the most potent challenges facing the world.

Talking to President of Inter-Parliamentary Union, Duarte Pacheco in Islamabad, he said the massive economic damage caused by recent floods on top of economic crisis has undermined Pakistan's capacity to achieve Sustainable Development Goals.

The Prime Minister asked the international community to step forward and help Pakistan to deal with this calamity of epic proportions.

He also asked the Inter-Parliamentary Union to play its role in raising awareness about the horrors of climate change and mobilize international support for the developing countries facing the climate crisis due to global warming.

Referring to the worst human rights abuses in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, particularly after August 5, 2019, the Prime Minister said it has exposed the so-called democratic face of India.

The IPU President supported Pakistan's case with respect to climate change and stressed upon the developed countries to make strategy to control the carbon emissions.