ABSTRACT
This chapter brings out the experience of Pakistan and administrative ability to identify the gaps which exist in the governance of disasters and subsequently in the process of legislation. Pakistan has definitely come a long way in developing and strategizing a proactive disaster management system besides a relatively better-sensitized judiciary. The other but foremost is the connection of law with society in the absence of which the survivors of calamities are far more vulnerable and open to exploitation. Pakistan is gradually building a sensitized legal mechanism, which is also apparent in the National Disaster Management Act 2010. No law can be said to be perfect but can have the right intentions if it has an inbuilt impetus to evolve. It is only through trials that the laws evolve and attain sustainability. It can safely be said that Pakistan is now in a position to address disaster situations, but it is still rather too early to admit that gaps have been identified.
