KARACHI: Salman Iqbal, President of the World Memon Organization (WMO), expressed deep sorrow over the loss of lives and missing persons in the devastating Gul Plaza fire, urging authorities to take immediate and decisive action. Read More: Gul Plaza fire: Business community announces three-day mourning In a formal statement, Iqbal emphasized that Karachi’s status as […]
WMO
After cyclone ruin, back to square one for Mozambique’s Beira
Daviz Simango, mayor of Beira on the Mozambican coast, had worked to shore up the city’s climate defences, drawing on World Bank help to build deterrents against rising seas, flooding and storms. But in just a few hours last month, Cyclone Idai devastated the city of half-a-million people, wiping out his efforts. Packing winds twice […]