ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Saturday his country looked forward to cooperating with Switzerland on managing the effects of climate change and receiving an advanced weather warning system from the European country.

Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis and the head of Pakistan's disaster management authority, Lieutenant General Inam Haider Malik, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) at the Nathia Gali resort, located some 85 kilometers from Islamabad, to cooperate on ways to manage natural disaster risks.

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