Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has stressed upon the need to formulate a comprehensive and effective strategy to combat the issue of climate change.

He was chairing a meeting in Lahore today on issues pertaining to Ministry of Climate Change, during which a briefing was given about progress on policies and projects launched regarding climate change.

Shehbaz Sharif said that issue of climate change is linked with agriculture, power, water, infrastructure and several other related sectors.

He directed to form a Committee to point out issues emerged out of climate change and ways to tackle them.