State Disaster Management Authority (Azad Kashmir)
| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | 2010 |
| Jurisdiction | Government of Azad Kashmir |
| Headquarters | SDMA headquarters Muzaffarabad, Pakistan |
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| Website | www |
State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA) Azad Jammu & Kashmir is an autonomous authority mandated to act as the lead agency in disaster management, its mitigation and preparedness in Azad Jammu & Kashmir, Pakistan. Azad Jammu & Kashmir is highly prone to multiple hazards and has experienced worst disasters situation due to earthquake, torrential rain/flood, landslides & avalanches in the recent past.[1][2]
After the 2005 Kashmir earthquake that killed 100,000 people and left another three million people displaced, with widespread devastation, the Government of Pakistan promulgated National Disaster Management Ordinance, 2006[3] and established National Disaster Management Authority as the focal point at the federal level, while State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA) was established for Pakistan-administered Kashmir.[4]
Sardar Waheed Khan serves as the SDMA director as of May 2025.[5]
See also
References
- ^ "State Disaster Management Authority | About Us". Archived from the original on 30 April 2017. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
- ^ "AJK approves more constructions of SDMA units at tehsil levels". Daily Times. 13 November 2022. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 August 2017. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 June 2017. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "AJK ensures compensation to victims of Indian aggression along LoC: SDMA". DAWN.COM. 14 May 2025. Retrieved 31 August 2025.
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