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Pakistan facing a staggering 52 pc water shortage
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 16 (ANI): Pakistan faces a staggering 52 per cent water shortage with the acute water crisis causing disruptions in even essential services like healthcare, local media reported on Tuesday.
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Water woes in Pak's Gwadar continue despite Imran Khan's promises
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Gwadar [Pakistan], February 2 (ANI): Poor planning and lack of infrastructure have left residents of Pakistan's Gwadar and other parts of Makran division homeless washing away their limited resources after recent heavy rains, reported Dawn.
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Pakistan's Punjab province accuses Sindh of massively under-reporting wate
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], January 26 (ANI): Punjab has asked the Indus River System Authority (IRSA) to look into exceptional water losses being reported because of under-reporting of inflows by Sindh province.
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Pakistan: Farmers worried over Sindh's opposition to Thal canal project
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], December 28 (ANI): The farmer community of Pakistan's Sindh province are worried over Sindh's opposition to phase-II of the Greater Thal Canal (GTC), as farmers of the Thal desert had been anxiously waiting for the completion of the long-delayed water channel.
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Pakistani provinces at odds over water distribution of rivers, accuse each
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 26 (ANI): Pakistan has been boasting a narrative of having one of the largest irrigation systems in the world but its provinces have been at odds for a long time over water sharing of rivers and it has always been a major challenge for the incumbent government
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Pakistan: Hindu family tortured for getting water from mosque in Punjab
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Rahim Yar Khan [Pakistan] September 20 (ANI): Amid continuing attacks on minorities in the country, a Hindu family was tortured in Pakistan's Punjab province for obtaining water from a mosque tap.
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Farmers protest against water shortage in Pakistan's Sindh
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 19 (ANI): A large number of farmers on Saturday staged a protest march against the acute shortage of water at Dadu district located in Pakistan's Sindh province, local media reported.
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Growing water crisis disastrous for Pakistan's stability, says report
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 9 (ANI): Pakistan is in the middle of a major water crisis and it may be disastrous for the country's stability.
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Pakistan's Sindh faces crisis, acute water shortage for drinking, irrigati
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Sindh) [Pakistan], August 28 (ANI): Amid water shortage in the Sindh area, Pakistan authorities in have started to reduce the flow of canals in the province leading to an acute shortage of water for drinking as well as for irrigation.
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Dispute deepens between Sindh, IRSA after authorities cuts down water supp
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan] August 13 (ANI): Recent decision by Pakistan's Indus River System Authority (IRSA) to cut down water supply to Sindh province has deepened the dispute between both parties.
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Water shortage worsens in Pak's Rawalpindi as dams go dry
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 25 (ANI): The water shortage has worsened in Pakistan's garrison city of Rawalpindi due to the depleting groundwater level and scorching heat.
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Pakistan's per capita water availability reduces by 400 pc
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 13 (ANI): Pakistan's per capita water availability has declined by 400 per cent from 5,600 cubic metres in 1947 to around 1,038 cubic metres in 2021, said Parliamentary Secretary National Health Services Dr Nausheen Hamid on Monday.
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