Buraq Integrated Solutions

Pakistan | Early Warning System, Humanitarian, Mapping and weather alerts

The company

Buraq Integrated Solutions is a system integration and professional service provider that works in environmental monitoring, automatic weather stations, and early warning systems.

The problem

Vulnerable communities in Gilgit-Baltistan and Chitral, Pakistan, are at high risk due to their location and multiple hazards like floods and an alarming 400-fold increase in snow avalanches in the past decade. These risks are compounded by geographic isolation, poor internet connectivity and minimal government services. The lack of a unified communication system significantly hampers the ability of disaster response agencies to effectively monitor, generate and disseminate warning messages to these communities.

GSMA project

In November 2023, Buraq received a GSMA grant to modernise disaster warning systems in Pakistan by integrating multi-platform data into a single, user-friendly mobile and web-based communication tool, enhancing the functionality of existing automatic weather stations and introducing IoT-enabled landslide warning systems. This upgrade also includes improving weather monitoring equipment for automatic data transmission and revamping the web portal and mobile app to ensure effective dissemination of early warnings to communities.

Outcomes

Buraq installed 12 new weather monitoring stations in areas highly vulnerable to seasonal natural disasters. These installations were strategically placed in regions prone to off-season flooding and peak[1]season snow avalanches.

Traction

As of March 2025, 570 users were onboarded and tested the early warning system.

A message from the founder

“Our mission is to empower communities with timely and accurate early warnings due to climate change, safeguarding lives and livelihoods in an era where proactive resilience is the key to sustainable development.”

– Muhammad Asad, CEO and Director Operations