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Item Disaster Risk Management (DRM) and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) A Case Study of Muzaffarabad Earthquake(UMT, Lahore, 2020) Aftab HashimThis research paper aims to explain existing problems in Disaster Risk Management authority in Pakistan and presents a proposal to introduce better Disaster Risk Management (DRM) and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) systems. This research paper is not an empirical research; in fact, it is an analysis of existing practices and available literature. In the past few years, Pakistan became a vulnerable place just because of the absence of proper disaster risk management system. Failure of disaster risk management authorities in Pakistan caused a small-scale hazard and disaster resulting in massive destruction of assets of the masses and a large number of people getting affected by disaster and related incidents. The Pakistan government has been allocating at least Rs. 30 million annually for disaster risk management apart from foreign aid for coping with the disasters. The quality and coverage of the services of Disaster Risk Management authorities in Pakistan are still insufficient. Surveys and literatures have shown that more than 71 million people have been affected by disaster related incidents since 1990. This is because DRM authorities in Pakistan have not developed preventive or precautionary plans mainly because they lack in appropriate expertise in DRM techniques. Considering this, this paper presents a detailed academic/technical proposal for DRM. This research paper will introduce the idea of promoting and propagating Disaster Risk Management (DRM) topics among the public to make the people aware about the role of DRM authorities in Pakistan. The paper also recommends certain useful approaches to make the Disaster Risk Management authorities more effective