Pakistan, April 14 -- April showers bring May flowers, but given the seemingly neverending list of horrors, while staring down another overwhelmingly surprising summer season, it's hard not to pray for a safe, disaster-free monsoon. Lightning strikes have already claimed 15 lives in Punjab and Balochistan and heavy rainfall continues; exposing the chronic mismanagement by our authorities for the zillionth time.

Disaster management spokespersons from the affected provinces are actively updating the situation on social media, reassuring the nation of their unrelenting efforts and swift responses. They underscore how natural calamities can only be combatted "with joint and mutual cooperation." However, no relief and rescue operations can ov...