water shortage

APP Peshawar: For the third consecutive week, residents of Khyber Super Market in Peshawar Cantonment have been struggling with a crippling water shortage that has brought daily life to a near standstill for thousands of people living…

News Desk  Islamabad: The federal government on Saturday approved an emergency-action plan to address the worsening water shortage in Islamabad, with a focus on both immediate relief measures and long-term infrastructure development for…

AFP/APP  Mexico City: Mexico's capital registered a record-high temperature on Monday when thermometers reached 34.2 degrees Celsius (93.6 Fahrenheit), the head of the National Water Commission said. "Today a historical maximum…

Asem Mustafa Awan Islamabad: Constitution Avenue, Islamabad, pulsates with the promise of Pakistan's democratic ideals. Here, grand buildings house the President, the Senate, the National Assembly, and the Supreme Court – institutions…

APP Peshawar: As the world was celebrating International Water Day with the theme of "Water for Prosperity and Peace," Shahjehan Khan, a 58-year-old taxi driver from Peshawar, was standing in line at a filter plant miles away from his…

Dr Saeed Ahmad Ali Lahore: Experts warned on Sunday that arsenic concentration in groundwater has reached alarming levels, and drinking arsenic-contaminated water is one of the major causes of arsenicosis, a clinical syndrome in people in…

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…