Water crisis

Azhar Siddique Rawalpindi: Amidst an unchecked population influx and worsening water scarcity, Rawalpindi residents are urgently calling upon civic authorities to proactively prevent an impending water shortage. The perennial struggle,…

APP Peshawar: “The groundwater of my village became heavier and unhealthy after the 2022 devastating flood, leaving me with no other option but to bring two gallon of clean drinking water from the Tehsil Municipal Administration’s (TMA)…

Asem Mustafa Awan Islamabad: The two small girls holding the water cane together in one of the posh localities, Lalazar, in Rawalpindi, show many things have deteriorated over decades, namely the services. The departments providing…

APP Rawalpindi: Hundreds of thousands of residents of Jhanda Chichi are irked by the out-of-order water pump while the Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA) makes tall claims of swift services to the citizens. The local residents are…

News Desk Islamabad: Experts at an event called for a multifaceted approach to tackle mountain drought risks. “An annual deficiency of rainfall is causing drought in southern areas. However, if winter rainfall suppresses in the South,…

News Desk Islamabad: The National Assembly on Saturday unanimously recognised and expressed gratitude for the contributions of international and civil society organisations and the Pakistani diaspora in addressing climate change-related…

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,…

News Desk ISLAMABAD: Globally, 2.1 billion people still lack access to safe drinking water, and 4.5 billion people have no adequate facility for safely managed sanitation services, said Pakistan Council for Research in Water Resources…

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…