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Pakistan: Illegal water tankers in Karachi fuel Naegleria outbreaks, repor
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
Tests conducted on water samples from 50 union councils across the city found that a staggering 95 per cent were contaminated with the deadly Naegleria parasite.
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Pakistan: KWSC officials in hot water amid growing crisis due to water sho
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
Karachi faces a deepening water crisis as residents accuse KWSC officials of orchestrating shortages to sell illicit connections. Block 13 D-2 has suffered acute water scarcity for years, highlighting governance failures and corruption in Pakistan's water management system.
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Karachi's water woes persist despite prolonged repairs
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Major areas of the city, including Clifton, Gulshan-i-Iqbal, and Liaquatabad, continue to face severe shortages, underscoring the inefficiency and systemic neglect that have come to define Pakistan's urban management.
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Pakistan: Contaminated water linked to rising diarrhoea cases among childr
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
From February to April this year, the health department of Sindh province collected more than 50 water samples from different districts of the city for testing at the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB) laboratory.
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Navigating Karachi's misguided priorities: Report
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Optimists anticipate increased budget allocations, aiming to address the city's longstanding issues. However, the challenges facing Karachi extend beyond mere budgetary allocations for development projects.
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Pakistan: People in Karachi continue to face acute water shortages
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
People from almost every part of Karachi have complained that the Karachi Water and Sewerage Corporation (KWSC) increased their miseries during Ramazan as they faced acute water shortages in their respective areas. However, a spokesman for the water utility said that the KWSC had made specia
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Pakistan: Karachi to continue to suffer from water crisis until K-UV proje
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The provincial Sindh government in Pakistan informed the assembly, that teh shortage of water would continue to persist until the completion of the K-IV, or Greater Karachi Water Supply Scheme, Dawn reported on Monday.
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Kenya: Eleven lions killed as human-wildlife conflict worsens
Updated : 3 years ago IST
A spokesperson for the KWS told CNN that this is "an unusually large number of lions to be killed at one go."
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