Pakistan will join over twenty other countries around the Indian Ocean Rim as a participant in mock tsunami scenarios on 7th and 8th of this month.
Purpose of the exercise is to increase preparedness, evaluate response capabilities in each country and improve coordination throughout the region.
Pakistan will exercise the Makran Trench scenario on 8th of this month.
The aim is to exercise all levels of the tsunami warning and response chain, with a primary focus on the local coastal community level.
