The Aga Khan Agency for Habitat (AKAH), Pakistan, signed a memorandum of understanding with the Office of Sustainability, National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST) to develop sustainable habitat plans for disaster-prone valleys in northern parts of Pakistan. Through this partnership, the AKAH will collaborate with the NUST to develop habitat plans for five valleys in Gilgit-Baltistan and Chitral that are vulnerable to climate change induced disasters. Nawab Ali Khan, chief executive officer of the AKAH, Pakistan, said "the partnership agreement between NUST and AKAH will bring together the scientific and field-based knowledge, to develop context-specific and research driven solutions in order to create resilient communities in Pakistan."