ISLAMABAD:
International weather experts have predicted that Pakistan may face harsher drought conditions than last year.
Their prediction, reported by the South Asian Climate Forum (SASCOF) has experts at home worrying.
“We expect lesser rains in the southern half of the country, which is already in the grip of drought-like conditions,” chief of the Pakistan Meteorological Department, Dr Ghulam Rasul, told a private media outlet.
“The situation in Cholistan, Tharparkar and parts of Balochistan is likely to worsen,” he said, partly agreeing with the study.
A sub-regional arm of the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), the SASCOF is dedicated to monsoon-specific predictions and monitoring the climate outlook needs of South Asian countries. It has warned that the deficient summer monsoon could affect agriculture-based economies in the region.