Pakistan has ratified the Paris Agreement on Climate Change at a ceremony held at United Nations Headquarters in New York, becoming the 104th country in the world to ratify the landmark deal.

Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the UN Maleeha Lodhi deposited the Instrument of Ratification signed by the President of Pakistan.

"With the ratification, Pakistan has become 104th country to ratify the agreement, which entered into force earlier this month," the Foreign Office said in a statement on Friday.