Bilal Khalid is a Disaster Risk Management Analyst for the World Bank's Pakistan Country Team, based in Islamabad, where his expertise is focused on enhancing resilience to natural hazards across South Asia. His work involves technical analysis and strategy development for major projects, including co-authoring World Bank papers on strengthening disaster risk financing in Pakistan and contributing to flood recovery and climate resilience initiatives like the Sindh Flood Emergency Rehabilitation Project (SFERP). He advocates for robust policy frameworks, such as building seismic resilience and addressing governance gaps in early warning systems, to help vulnerable communities better cope with and recover from disasters like floods, droughts, and earthquakes.