He joined Pakistan Meteorological Department ( PMD ) in 1971 and became Director General in 1996 . During his tenure as head of PMD , he took several initiatives to modernize PMD to improve its services for the general public and climate-sensitive socioeconomic sectors of Pakistan . His initiatives included starting numerical weather prediction ( NWP ) system in Pakistan and establishing the following : National Drought Monitoring and Early Warning Centre , Research and Development Division , Flash Flood Warning System for the twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi , National Tsunami Early Warning System , Tropical Cyclones Warning Center , and the Pollen Monitoring System . He started the publication of the Pakistan '' Journal of Meteorology '' to promote research in meteorology , climate sciences and allied disciplines . His contributions were involved in the disastrous 2005 Kashmir earthquake , which killed hundreds . He set up seismology and earthquake warning research centers in the Kashmir region and elsewhere
2005 Kashmir earthquake
2005 Kashmir earthquake
Qamar-uz-Zaman Chaudhry