Pakistan Meteorological Department 4.39

Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) is both a scientific and a service department, and functions under the Cabinet Secretariat (Aviation Division). PMD responsible for providing meteorological service throughout Pakistan to wide variety of interest and for numerous public activities and projects which require climatic information.
Apart from meteorology, the department is also extending services in the fields of Hydrology, Earthquake Seismology and Geomagnetism. PMD operates under World Meteorological Organization (WMO) umbrella as 198 member states of the world and act as National Meteorological and Hydrological Service of Pakistan. WMO has divided the globe in to 8 meteorological regions and Pakistan lies in Region #2 known as Regional Associative II (RA-II) which includes Asia and Pacific. Director General of PMD is vice president of RA-II and Permanent Representative of Pakistan with WMO.
The Department has also played vital role in research work and its scientists have made valuable contribution. More than 350 scientific papers have been written and published in both national and international scientific journals. Major emphasis in the research has been laid on the field of climate change, Glaciology, renewable energy, arid zone research, ozone measurements, drought monitoring, Climate Modeling, Monsoon onset, solar energy, wind power potential, satellite meteorology and allied fields.