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India’s Controversial Afghanistan Dams
August 20th, 2018
Via The Diplomat, an article on how Indian-built dams in Afghanistan are causing trouble with downstream states Iran and Pakistan: India is expected to begin work on the $236 million Shahtoot Dam project on the Kabul River in Afghanistan in the coming weeks. Scheduled to be completed in three years, the dam has evoked concern in […]
Read more »Pakistan Facing Crisis As Water Shortage Worsens
August 17th, 2018
Via the Asia Times, a report on the acute water shortage that has crippled Pakistan’s hydropower generation and affected agriculture amid predictions that Pakistan may run dry by 2025: One of the biggest issues facing Pakistan’s newly-elected government, headed by Imran Khan, is how to manage a massive water crisis that has been looming over […]
Read more »Pakistan: Confronting Gwadar’s Water Crisis
July 11th, 2018
Via Future Directions International, a look at the city of Gwadar’s water crisis: The city of Gwadar, located in the south-western Balochistan region of Pakistan, is currently suffering a water crisis that will inevitably be exacerbated by the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). The CPEC is an artery of the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), with Gwadar […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: India, Pakistan and Climate Change – A Tale of Three Adversaries
July 4th, 2018
Via Future Directions International, a look at the potential for India and Pakistan to cooperate over water scarcity issues: Background Following the June report from leading Indian think-tank NITI Aayog, Pakistan senate opposition leader, Sherry Rehman, urged Pakistan and India to work together to address climate change. Citing South Asia as one of the most vulnerable regions […]
Read more »Pakistan’s Water Crisis: Facts and Myths
June 28th, 2018
Via South Asia Investor, analysis of Pakistan’s water crisis: Pakistan is believed to be in the midst of a water crisis that is said to pose an existential threat to the country. These assertions raise a whole series of questions on the source of the crisis and possible solutions to deal with it. The New Water Policy […]
Read more »Thirsty Days Ahead: Pakistan’s Looming Water Crisis
June 19th, 2018
Via The Diplomat, a report on Pakistan’s water crisis: Pakistan is currently facing an acute water shortage that is likely to wreck havoc in the country in the coming years. Recently, the Indus River System Authority (IRSA) highlighted a grave water shortagein the Indus Basin irrigation system (IBIS), the world’s largest contiguous irrigation system, for the summer […]
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