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Water scarcity, loadshedding trigger JI Chief to launch protests in Karach
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], May 13 (ANI): The Pakistan Jamat-e-Islami (JI) Chief Hafiz Naeem-ur-Rehman had announced at a press conference on Thursday, that he will launch protests against the increasing severity of power outages and water scarcity in Karachi.
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Pakistan: Sindh, Punjab province squabble over water distribution
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 13 (ANI): Heated arguments broke out between Indus River System Authority (IRSA) members of Sindh and Punjab provinces over water distribution arrangement.
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Climate change adds fuel to an imminent wheat crisis in Pakistan
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 11 (ANI): As Pakistan grapples with an acute economic crisis, the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has released climate summaries that indicate that climate change in the country is leading to an acute wheat shortage accompanied by food and water scarcity.
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Pak PM Sharif imposes 'complete ban' on sugar export
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 10 (ANI): Amidst rising food scarcity in several regions of Pakistan, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday announced a "complete ban" on the export of sugar, to meet the soaring local demand and to keep sugar rates in control.
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Pakistan: Sindh, South Punjab face serious water scarcity
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], May 9 (ANI): Pakistan's Sindh and South Punjab are facing serious water scarcity that is affecting humans, agriculture, and livestock, media reports said, adding that people have complained about unequal distribution of water resources in the country.
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Sindh CM asks farmers to not cultivate rice amid acute water scarcity in P
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 9 (ANI): Pakistan's Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah, in view of the monumental shortage of water in the country, has asked the farmers to not cultivate rice.
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Flour shortage likely to hit Pakistan
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Peshawar [Pakistan], May 8 (ANI): Flour from Punjab has not been coming to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and other areas, and dealers could run out of stocks in several regions, local media reported.
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5 members of family drowned in quarry in Maharashtra's Dombivli
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Thane (Maharashtra) [India] May 8 (ANI): Five people of a family drowned in a quarry in a village near Dombivli in Kalyan Gramin in Thane district on Saturday, said an official.
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Pakistan: Thatta people protest against water scarcity, blocks National Hi
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Thatta [Pakistan], May 5 (ANI): People of Thatta, a city in the Pakistani province of Sindh, staged a sit-in protest on Thursday, blocking the National Highway on account of the acute water shortage in the Sindh province.
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'Water crisis' forcing women to leave their in-laws house in Nasik village
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 5 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission has taken a sou motu cognizance of media reports claiming that newly married brides unable to cope with the extreme situation of water shortage are leaving their in-laws' houses in Dandichi Bari village of Nasik district in
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Pakistan likely to face acute water shortage within three years
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 2 (ANI): Of all the crises confronting Pakistan today, water scarcity is the least talked about but most challenging for a country where over 30 million citizens have no access to clean drinking water. In three years, Pakistan will be staring at acute water scarcity
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In 5 years, Pakistan will be ranked 10th among countries suffering from wa
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 29 (ANI): In the next five years, Pakistan will be ranked tenth among countries suffering from water scarcity, as per a media report.
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