Pakistan Meteorological Department

Pakistan Meteorological Department is a Govt Department tasked with providing Weather Forecasts, Warnings and general information related to Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences. Apart from Meteorology, it is also involved in monitoring and investigating weather phenomena, astronomical events, hydrology and research in astrophysics, climate changes, and studies on aeronautical meteorology, renewable energy resources across various parts of the country. It is headquartered in Islamabad and has offices and research facilities in all over the country. Mr Sahibzad Khan is the current Director-General of PMD who is also vice president of WMO RA-II region and Permanent Representative (PR) of Pakistan.. In 1950s, PMD became one of the leading scientific institution of research in space and atmospheric sciences, and worked with the Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of Environment for accurate weather information for aviation and hydrography. Later PMD split with services to the Pakistan Navy being provided by its own forecasting department. Nation's most notable scientists and scholars have been affiliated with the PMD. The PMD also assisted in establishing the nation's Space agency, SUPARCO in 1961 when many of its atmospheric scientists and technical staff joined SUPARCO. The PMD has also been assisting and leading the geomagnetic studies & monitoring programme. Since 1974, PMD has introduced a seismic detection system to scientific data acquire on the nuclear explosion and natural earthquake activities. Furthermore, its modern flood forecasting system has assisted the other government agencies and related organizations to improve radar, satellite, computer technology, flight safety, consultancy services in seismic design of dams, buildings and other development and disaster relief schemes.