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Pakistan requests China to include Karachi Railway project in CPEC, seeks
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 27 (ANI): Pakistan has requested China to include Karachi Circular Railway (KCR) project in the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and also sought Chinese collaboration for setting up a desalination plant in Karachi which continues to face paucity of clean wa
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Pakistan among top ten countries facing severe water crisis
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 17 (ANI): Pakistan is estimated to be in the top 10 list of the world's countries facing water scarcity, said Munir Akram, Pakistan's Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN) while emphasizing the water issues which plagues the country.
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Goldcrest High School Students Crowdfund on Ketto to enable and empower ru
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 11 (ANI/NewsVoir): The state of Maharashtra has been facing a serious water crisis for decades.
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Pakistan's water supplies under severe strain amid slow snow melting
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 11 (ANI): Pakistan's National water supplies have dipped substantially low and are facing severe strain as, despite an early onset of summer in mid-March and April getting hotter than usual, the snow melting process in mountainous and hilly areas has not picked up
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Pakistan to face 27 pc water shortage during early Kharif season
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 31 (ANI): The water crisis has worsened in Pakistan and the country may face up to 27 per cent water shortage during the early Kharif season (starting April 1st).
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Pakistan facing a staggering 52 pc water shortage
Updated : 3 years, 12 months 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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Pakistan: As water crisis deepens in Sindh's Mithi, residents hit streets
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Sindh [Pakistan], February 26 (ANI): Dozens of people staged a demonstration in Tharparkar district in Pakistan's Sindh province against the worsening water crisis in the Mithi town.
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5 billion people could face difficulty accessing water in 2050: UN
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva, [Switzerland], October 6 (ANI): More than five billion people globally are expected to face a shortage of water by 2050, a United Nations (UN) agency report has warned.
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UN agency warns of looming global water crisis
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], October 6 (ANI/Xinhua): The World Meteorological Organization (WMO), a specialised agency of the United Nations (UN), warned on Tuesday that climate change increases the global risk of water-related hazards like floods and droughts, and the number of people affected
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Pakistan: Balochistan facing drought-like situation
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Balochistan [Pakistan], September 27 (ANI): Pakistan's green belt of Balochistan is facing a drought-like situation due to the unfair distribution of water from the Sindh province that even locals do not have water to drink and water their lands for their crops.
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No electricity in 64 per cent area of Balochistan, states report
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Balochistan [Pakistan], September 24 (ANI): A document presented in the National Assembly of Pakistan informed that only 36 per cent of Balochistan is electrified while the remaining 64 per cent of the region is permanently in black.
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Water crisis could lead to conflicts in the Middle East
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus], 14 September (ANI): The Middle East is warming at twice the global average and this summer several countries like Kuwait, Oman, Iran, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia recorded temperatures exceeding 50 degrees Celsius(122 Fahrenheit), as forests burn, and severe
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