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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 […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: Indian Dam Reduces Pakistan’s Indus Share
May 28th, 2018
Via The Asia Times, a report on how Pakistan is bracing for a potentially grave water crisis as India inaugurates new dam that will divert the crucial Kishanganga River: Pakistan is bracing for a grave water crisis because of climate change and India’s tacit ‘control and management policy’ on the flow of water from the […]
Read more »Pakistan’s National Water Policy: Triumphant or Tokenistic?
May 16th, 2018
Via Future Directions International, commentary on Pakistan’s National Water Policy: On 24 April 2018, Pakistan’s Council of Common Interests unanimously approved the country’s first-ever National Water Policy (NWP). Following the meeting, the Prime Minister and four Chief Ministers signed the Pakistan Water Charter, pledging commitment to the NWP. The NWP, if it is enacted, will […]
Read more »Pakistan’s New National Water Policy
May 8th, 2018
Via Third Pole.net, an opinion piece on Pakistan’s new National Water Policy: The approval of a water policy package comprising a policy and a Charter by Pakistan’s Council of Common Interests on April 23 represents a historic milestone given the lingering, perennial disputes between the Punjab and Sindh provinces which had impeded the formulation of […]
Read more »Is Pakistan Running Out Of Water?
May 8th, 2018
Via Third Pole.net, commentary on Pakistan’s water woes: The sight of water flowing from taps may soon be a luxury, with people having to queue up at tankers for just a bucket load of water for their daily needs. Meanwhile, affluent neighbourhoods in gated communities may install desalination plants paid for (by volume) by wealthy […]
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