Khawaja Zaheer Ahmed - PDMA

9. Heads/representatives of various Federal and Provincial
Ministries/Departments including the NDMA under Prime Minister’s Secretariat,
Pakistan Army, PAF, SUPARCO and Pakistan Meteorology Department under
Ministry of Defence, the Federal Flood Commission and WAPDA under Ministry
of Water and Power, Ministry of Food and Agriculture, NADRA under Ministry of
Interior, territorial administrations of FATA, Gilgit Baltistan and AJK, all under
direct Federal responsibility, Provincial Irrigation and Power Departments and
Disaster Management Authorities whose senior functionaries, past and present ,
were invited to assist the Commission.
10. A number of other officials and persons also briefed the Commission
during its six days field visits to the Provinces to reiterate officially stated
presentations. : General perceptions in the affected areas were also noted by the
Commission in its sessions held at Tori and Thatta-Sujawal in Sindh, Jaffarabad
in Balochistan, Taunsa and Kot Addu in the Punjab, Munda, Nowshehra,
Charsadda and Peshawar in the KP. The visits provided an opportunity to have
an overview of the damages to breached infrastructures and works-in-progress
for restoration of the Rabi crops in affected areas of four provinces; that blending
of the evidence on record with ground realities facilitated findings on the specific
formulations.
11. Gist of written presentations, supplemented by oral depositions, were
summarized in the record of proceedings as ‘Minutes’ [Appendix-H], The power-
point presentations and other material including TV Clips, DVDs and remote
sensing images tendered in support of oral depositions were viewed by the
Commission and have been placed on record, Media reports from following web
sites were also taken note of.
a. [http://tribune.com.pk/story/50070/flood-inquiry-tribunal-asks-for-more-
detailed-reports/;
b. http://pakobserver.net/2010/10/30/;
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