water crisis in pakistan

APP Islamabad: The Indus River System Authority (IRSA) Advisory Committee on Tuesday anticipated a 30 percent water shortage for the early Kharif season and a 7 percent shortage for the late Kharif season. The committee met here with…

News Desk  Islamabad: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif kickstarted a nationwide initiative to combat climate change by inaugurating the spring plantation campaign with the planting of a sapling. He pledged the government's dedication to…

APP Peshawar: President Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI), FuadIshaq, has expressed concern over the shortage of water levels in Peshawar and urged the government and World Wide Fund (WWF) Pakistan to take joint steps to…

News Desk Islamabad: The country wastes 38 million cubic feet (mcf) of water each year owing to inadequate planning and strategy; therefore, the water experts emphasised the necessity to build new reservoirs in order to utilise water…

News Desk Peshawar: Pakistan is vulnerable to climate change, and in the next few years, it is anticipated to have a severe water deficit for domestic, industrial, and agricultural use. This is mostly due to changing weather patterns,…

Islamabad: The earth is on the brink of a water crisis, with an estimated 2 billion people still deprived of safe drinking water. The number of people worldwide without access to safe drinking water will double by 2050, according to a new…

News Desk Islamabad: “Water is the basic right of every citizen; the survival of life depends on it. Being an agrarian country, we are highly dependent on water resources. Therefore, to secure the future of Pakistan, it is necessary to…

News Desk Islamabad: Presently 61 per cent of the population drinks contaminated water and only 50 per cent of the populace is expected to have access to clean drinking water by 2030, said Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resource…

News Desk Islamabad: Pakistan needs at least US$16.3 billion for rehabilitation and reconstruction in a resilient way and overall resilience of the country to future climate shocks, said a report of Post Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA)…