The water crisis has broken a 22-year record in the country as the provinces-face 50 per cent shortage of water and there is 97 per cent water scarcity in reservoirs. According to the details released by the Indus River System Authority (IRSA), 56 per cent less water link is coming to the ...

ISLAMABAD - According to an International Monetary Fund Report (IMF), Pakistan is among the three most water-stressed countries in the world. Moreover, it is among the ten countries with the lowest access to clean water. Under the human right to water, everyone is entitled to safe, ...

Supreme Court has constituted a two member commission to finalize and submit a report on water scarcity in Balochistan within two weeks. The order was passed in Islamabad on Friday by a three-member bench of Apex court headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar while hearing a case about ...

Punjab Governor Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar says PTI government will fully deliver on its promises made with people. Talking to newsmen in Lahore on Sunday, he said steps are being taken to resolve problems of the masses at grass-root level. He said government is also taking effective measures to ...

Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Mian Saqib Nisar has said direction to the government to address issue of water scarcity is one of the biggest achievements of the Supreme Court during previous judicial year.   In his address on the commencement of the new judicial year in ...

ISLAMABAD : The Pakistan Economy Watch (PEW) has presented a horrifying picture on the issue of water scarcity in Pakistan. PEW on Sunday said the scarcity of water is transforming the country into a desert. A country dependent on agriculture has framed its first National Water Policy after ...

LAHORE, (APP): Health experts have warned that Pakistan can approach absolute scarcity levels of water and face a drought as early as 2025. These hazards, pose not only threats to individual health but also to economic growth, food security and environmental sustainability, they said and added ...

Kalabagh Dam was "critical" in the face of the severe scarcity of water in the country, said Chairman WAPDA while briefing Senate Committee.Wapda Chairman Muzamil Hussain made the observation as he briefed the Senate Forum for Policy Research on the country's water crisis, highlighting the need for ...

ISLAMABAD: Like other parts of the world, water scarcity is also looming large in Pakistan as since 1951, the per capita water availability has been drastically shrunken from 5,600 cubic meters to the current level of 908 cubic meters. The data of Population Census Organization Pakistan indicates ...

Islamabad: Pakistan Economy Watch (PEW) on Sunday said water scarcity is emerging as a grave threat to the survival of the country but policymakers seems to be least bothered.Pakistan is facing an acute water shortage and may hit masses, agriculture and industry soon, it said.In last few years the ...