*3.1.1.1. Pakistan meteorological department*

NSM & TEWC at PMD are adequately equipped to issue warnings depending upon National and Global Seismographic network's data on real‐time basis to monitor seismic activity in order to locate potential tsunamigenic earthquakes. They are also connected with global centers such as Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC), Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning Centers (IOTWS), and Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). PMD is also working on information sharing with newly established tsunami early warning system at Oman for Arabian Sea. Once a warning is received, after initial assessment, PMD communicates a message to the district disaster management authorities.

PMD also has SOPs in place regarding the format of bulletin based on the category of threat, that is, time of issuance, level of threat, name of issuing agency, earthquake parameters (location, magnitude, and depth). These SoPs are the only time‐based specific sequence of actions to be taken in case of potential tsunami threat among all stakeholders in Pakistan.
