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Pakistan: Balochistan suffers acute drinking water crisis
Updated : 2 months ago IST
Pakistan's Balochistan suffers a drinking water crisis because the filtration plants installed by the government have gone out of order due to poor maintenance.
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Plunge in per capita water availability raises concerns across Pakistan
Updated : 3 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Pakistan needs to make great changes in its water management policy as the per capita water availability has dropped down from 5650 cubic meters to 900 cubic meters per annum, as per reports.
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Sindh govt faces protest as toxic water wreaks havoc in region
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], August 4 (ANI): Numerous villagers from five extremely affected villages by wastewater reservoir at Gorano in Pakistan held a protest on arrival of Sindh Chief Minister, Syed Murad Ali Shah on Wednesday.
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Water shortage worsens amid scorching heatwaves in Pakistan
Updated : 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 31 (ANI): Residents of Sindh and other parts of Pakistan are living under extremely hot weather conditions with mercury surpassing 50 degrees Celsius, and water woes are making the situation worse as clean drinking water and water for the crops are diminishing.
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Irrigation water shortgae in Pak rises to 45pc, IRSA tells provinces to pl
Updated : 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 25 (ANI): Pakistan's Indus River System Authority (IRSA) urged the Pakistan provincial governments to plan the utilization of water and use it efficiently as the irrigation water shortage in the country surged close to 45 per cent on Tuesday.
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Pakistan's water woes to worsen with climate change
Updated : 10 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 17 (ANI): Highlighting that the Himalayan glaciers have lost more mass since 2000 than in the entire twentieth century, a report by a Washington-based institute said that water scarcity in Pakistan is projected to worsen with climate change.
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Water released from Taunsa barrage in Pakistan's Punjab fails to reach Sin
Updated : 10 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], May 16 (ANI): Water released from the Taunsa barrage in Pakistan's Punjab province for Sindh reportedly failed to reach its destination in Sindh in an interesting development hinting at the country's water struggle.
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Tensions escalate between Pakistan's Punjab, Sindh provinces over water sh
Updated : 10 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], May 14 (ANI): Acute water shortage along with a searing heatwave have sparked tensions between Sindh and Punjab in Pakistan over their share of the nation's water resources.
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Sindh will not accept any cut in its water share amid acute crisis: Minist
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 7 (ANI): The ongoing shortage of irrigation water posed a grave threat to the agricultural economy of Sindh province.
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Sindh facing acute water crisis, asks Pak govt's help
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], May 5 (ANI): Noting the acute water shortage in Pakistan, Sindh Information Minister Sharjeel Memon has made an appeal to the federal government on Thursday to address the water crisis in Sindh and provide water to the province.
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Pakistan faces water crisis, sowing of Kharif crops likely to be affected
Updated : 11 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], May 1 (ANI): The imminent water crisis in Pakistan has turned worse as the total number of river supplies has taken a great plunge to 97,000 cubic feet per second (cusecs) on Saturday.
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Pakistan's water supplies under severe strain amid slow snow melting
Updated : 11 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 11 (ANI): Pakistan's National water supplies have dipped substantially low and are facing severe strain as, despite an early onset of summer in mid-March and April getting hotter than usual, the snow melting process in mountainous and hilly areas has not picked up
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