Pakistan, May 11 -- Policy-makers in the government, environmental experts and business community should jointly formulate a comprehensive climate resilience strategy as Indus Delta is shrinking rapidly in the northern parts of the country as extreme heat is accelerating glacier melting at an alarming pace. Talking to newsmen here Sunday, SAARC Chamber of Commerce and Industry former president

Iftikhar Ali Malik said that Indus Delta, once considered one of the world's richest ecological zones, is facing continuous degradation due to declining freshwater flows, sea intrusion and environmental negligence.

Rising temperatures in the Himalayan and Karakoram mountain ranges are causing glaciers to melt faster than expected, increasing the r...