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Pakistan’s Largest City Thirsts For Water
August 24th, 2014
Via Philly.com, a report on Pakistan’s water crisis: In this Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2014 photo, Pakistanis block a road with rocks during a protest against water and electricity shortages, in Karachi, Pakistan. On the outskirts of the slums of Pakistan’s biggest city, protesters burning tires and throwing stones have what sounds like a simple demand: […]
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April 26th, 2014
Via the Eurasia Review, an article on Pakistan’s water crisis: A month ago, one of the water experts in Pakistan warned that the “most dreaded water scarcity ever” has at last hit the country. The warning came not too soon and the surprise if any is that the warning has come too late. Unlike India, […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: Indus Waters Treaty – An Unjustified Resentment Or Time To Bridge A River Divide?
October 12th, 2013
Two very interesting articles on the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty which – while not perfect – represents the best that was possible in the circumstances that prevailed then and likely cannot be changed until India-Pakistan relations improve. The first, via The Hindu, suggests: The Indus Water Treaty must move beyond its logic of compensation and […]
Read more »Pakistan’s Water Woes
September 12th, 2013
Via East Asia Forum, an interesting look at Pakistan’s water issues: While energy shortages, economic stagnation, terrorism and religious intolerance remain in the spotlight, water shortages pose one of the most significant threats to Pakistan. Regrettably, the Pakistani discourse on the subject remains in a state of delusion and is thus misdirected. In the 66 […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: India/Pakistan Water Tensions
August 12th, 2013
Via The News Tribe, an article on water tension between India and Pakistan: With tension is heightened on Line of Control, India has coupled the complication by starting water war with Pakistan. India has speed up its efforts of constructing dams on Chenab River, sources said terming this move as ‘equal’ to water war. According […]
Read more »Pakistan’s New Big Threat Isn’t Terrorism—It’s Water
July 23rd, 2013
Via The Atlantic, an article on how shortages of water threaten to destabilize south Asia even further: In a report released last week by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), Pakistan was pinpointed as “one of the most water-stressed countries in the world, not far from being classified, ‘water-scarce’.” As water demand exceeds supply in the […]
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