Parliamentary panel recommends weather forecasts on all TV channels

 JournalismPakistan.com |  Published: 2 July 2015

A parliamentary committee has urged all TV channels to broadcast weather forecasts as a preventive measure against natural disasters. This initiative aims to enhance public awareness about climate changes affecting South Asia.

Summary

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Standing Committee on Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage has proposed airing of weather forecasts on all electronic media outlets to avert devastating effects of natural calamities. The committee meeting was held Wednesday under the chairmanship of MNA Pir Muhammad Aslam Bodla at the Parliament House. The committee members unanimously recommended that weather forecasts should be broadcast by all TV channels as a public service message and the same may also be announced through all radio stations, keeping in view climate changes in South Asia. The committee decided to conduct a joint meeting with National Assembly Standing Committee on Climate Change to evolve a mechanism for providing timely weather forecasts to the public.

KEY POINTS:

• Parliamentary committee recommends weather forecasts on all media
• Proposal aims to reduce impacts of natural calamities
• Joint meeting planned with Climate Change committee
• Broadcasting forecasts to serve public interest
• Focus on timely information for South Asian climate changes