Mr. Tahir Mehmood from Pakistan

I am Tahir Mehmood from Pakistan. Prior to joining ADRC as aVisiting Researcher on 25 August 2015, I have been working at theNational Seismic Monitoring Center (NSMC), Pakistan MeteorologicalDepartment (PMD) in Islamabad since April 2012. The PMD is both ascientific and service department, and is organized under the Cabinet
Secretariat (Aviation Division). It is responsible for providing
meteorological services throughout the country for a wide variety of
stakeholders, public activities, and projects that require weather
information.
In its services to the aviation sector, the department’s responsibilities go somewhat beyond
national boundaries in the fulfillment of accepted international agreements and obligations, including
the collection and rebroadcast of meteorological data. Its main objectives are (1) to provide
information on meteorological and geophysical matters to ensure air, land, and maritime traffic
safety, (2) to mitigate disasters due to weather and geophysical phenomena, and (3) to facilitate
agriculture development based on the climatic potential of the country. NSMC is responsible forseismic monitoring and early warning issuance in Pakistan. It is responsible for disseminating
earthquake information to government agencies, non-governmental organizations, and to the generalpublic after any seismic event.
NSMC operates around the clock. I worked there as a Duty Seismologist Officer in
detecting earthquakes and disseminating earthquake data, and developed skills in the evaluation ofearthquake parameters and the refinement of results obtained from automated calculations. I also
prepared an earthquake catalogue for Pakistan and its neighboring countries. Now, I am conducting
research activities related to seismology. During my tenure with the PMD, I worked as the Duty
Forecasting Officer at the Meteorological Office Allama Iqbal International Airport and as Editor ofthe Weekly Agro-Met Bulletin at the National Agro-Met Center (NAMC) in Islamabad. Before
joining PMD, I served as an Assistant Surveyor for the Survey of Pakistan, Rawalpindi fromSeptember 2006 to April 2012.
I graduated with a B.Sc in Maths/Physics and an M.Sc in Maths from the University of thePunjab, Lahore. I did a certificate in basic IT from the Pakistan Computer Bureau, Islamabad, andcompleted a Preliminary Meteorology Course at the Institute of Meteorology and Geo Physics(IMG) in Karachi. At ADRC, I want to conduct research relating to Making Gwadar a Sustainable
City in Pakistan (case study for earthquake and tsunami). Gwadar is located at coast of Pakistan. It is
expected that it will become a future economic hub and a modern port and a modern city in near
future. It is usually difficult in an already urbanized environment to mitigate hazard and develop adisaster management system. Gwadar provides us an opportunity to develop a sustainable city which
will remain safe city in case of any natural disaster. A scheme out of the lessons learned from earlier
earthquake disasters in Pakistan will help in achieving desired target to make Gwadar a sustainablecity.
It is a pleasure and honor for me to join ADRC and I would like to express my deepest
gratitude and admiration to the ADRC staff for their dedicated efforts to take such good care of all
their Visiting Researchers.