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Pakistan: Zero outages claim crumbles as citizens face hours of power cuts
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
Lesco had stated that it was supplying uninterrupted electricity to all areas except those connected to feeders with significant line losses.
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Only 47% Pakistanis have access to safe drinking water; PIDE seminar warns
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
During the event titled "The Thirst for Safety: Water Quality and Public Health in Pakistan," Dr. Hifza Rasheed, Director General (Water Quality) at the Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources (PCRWR), stated that Pakistan's per capita availability of freshwater has decreased from 5,
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Pakistan drowning in mismanagement: ADB warns of worsening water insecurit
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Pakistan continues to face an alarming water crisis, with over 80 per cent of its population still deprived of access to clean drinking water, despite minor improvements in the last decade, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has cautioned in its latest Asian Water Development Outlook (AWDO) r
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Pak: Karachi residents protest at Sakhi Hasan hydrant over acute water cri
Updated : 4 months ago IST
Residents of Karachi's district Central protested at the Sakhi Hasan hydrant over severe water shortages. Dawn reported that repeated pumping station shutdowns caused major supply disruptions, though KWSC said power issues were resolved and normal water service had resumed.
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Toxic water crisis exposes Karachi's failing infrastructure
Updated : 4 months, 4 weeks ago IST
In yet another alarming incident highlighting Pakistan's worsening public health and sanitation systems, nine people, including six children, have lost their lives to a gastroenteritis outbreak in a village on Karachi's outskirts. The tragedy unfolded in Faiz Muhammad Burro Goth, located nea
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Afghanistan plans to build dam over Kunar River that flows into Pakistan,
Updated : 5 months ago IST
Days after recent border clashes with Pakistan, Afghanistan's Taliban-led administration on Friday announced plans to begin construction of dams over the Kunar River, a key waterway that flows into Pakistan's northwestern region.
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Pakistan's power project, PoJK's water crisis: Villagers pay price for Nee
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The hills of Muzaffarabad are facing an unprecedented water crisis as natural springs in villages surrounding the Neelum-Jhelum Hydropower Project (NJHP) have begun to dry up, a development that residents of Pakistan-occupied Jammu Kashmir (PoJK) blame on the project's underground tunnel sys
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Indus Waters Treaty will continue to be in abeyance: Sources
Updated : 10 months, 2 weeks ago IST
There is no pre or post-condition to the understanding concerning military action between India and Pakistan reached on Saturday and the Indus Waters Treaty will remain in abeyance, MEA sources said.
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Water crisis in Pakistan as Khanpur dam level drops, supply may last just
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Rocks and mounds have emerged in various reservoir areas, particularly around the main storage zone and spillways, clearly highlighting the severe effects of climate change and the rapidly declining water table.
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Locals support closing of Baglihar, Salal dam gates to "teach Pakistan a l
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The local residents have come in support of the action taken by the Indian government against Pakistan, saying that it was a step to "teach them a lesson".
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J-K: Parts of Chenab river dry up as India closes Baglihar, Salal dams ami
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The move comes as India takes multiple diplomatic steps against Pakistan in response to the Pahalgam attack. India has also held the Indus Water treaty in abeyance. Chenab is also part of the treaty. The Indus river system consists of Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, Beas, Sutlej, whose usage rights
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Karachi water crisis persists as major pipeline repair remains incomplete
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Karachi's ongoing water crisis continues to escalate as repairing an 84-inch main water supply line near the University of Karachi remains incomplete, further straining Karachi's already fragile water distribution system, Dawn reported on Saturday.
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