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WAPDA chairman suggests to give Kalabagh Dam control to Sindh

ISLAMABAD: To address the misgivings of Sindh, the Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) chairman has suggested that the operative control of the Kalabagh...

CJP tasks Aitzaz Ahsan to submit recommendations on water crisis

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar on Thursday said he wished to build more dams to address the acute water crisis, and...

Pakistan’s water is not only contaminated – it is becoming scarce

Barely 15 days old, Kinza whimpers at an Islamabad hospital where she is suffering from diarrhoea and a blood infection, a tiny victim among...

Four days without water, cut threatens Aleppo children, warns UN

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND: Up to two million people in Syria's Aleppo have gone without running water for the past four days, the United Nations warned on Tuesday, describing the situation as "catastrophic".

MQM calls off protest against water crisis after successful talks

KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) on Sunday called off protest outside Chief Minister House against water crisis after successful talks with the Sindh government. The MQM leaders said they would again stage sit-in if the issue of water crisis was not resolved in one week, ARY News reported.

India likely to import water for use by 2050

With fast growing population and faster shrinking groundwater resource, India is expected to be looking for water from somewhere else in the planet by 2050, an Indian media report said.

Water crisis in Karachi after supply suspended from Hub Dam

KARACHI: Several areas of Karachi suffered acute water shortage after water level in Hub Dam reached a ‘dead level’.

Resting beside sea, Karachi longs for every drop of water

KARACHI: As was anticipated, water crisis in Karachi has turned serious after the Hub Dam dried out posing a challenge for the populace to continue daily routine, ARY News reported.

Bilawal directs for completion of Karachi water projects on emergency basis

KARACHI: PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Saturday presided an emergency meeting on persisting water crisis in Karachi, ARY News reported.

MQM comes up with solution to Karachi water crisis

KARACHI: Five-member delegation of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) called on Chief Minister of Sindh Syed Qaim Ali Shah on Monday to discuss water crisis in Karachi, ARY News reported.

Altaf, Qaim discuss Karachi issues on phone

KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain talked to Chief Minister Sindh Qaim Ali Shah and exchanged views on water crisis and terrorism in Karachi, ARY News reported.

Solar-powered ATMs to deliver clean drinking water in Pakistan

LAHORE: Punjab province is set to launch an innovation for water-short Pakistan: Solar-powered ATMs that dispense clean water when a smart card is scanned.

PTI seeks water supply in Karachi under Rangers supervision

KARACHI: Persisting water crisis in Karachi has worsened as nearly half of the megapolis is deprived of this basic necessity, on the other hand Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) on Saturday called for giving the water supply system under Rangers supervision, ARY News reported.

Seventy percent of Karachi without water

KARACHI: Water shortage in Karachi has turned into a nightmare for the residents of Pakistan's largest metropolis with apparently no end in sight, ARY News reported on Thursday.

Memon advises MQM to stop blame game over water crisis

KARACHI: Sindh Minister for information and local bodies Sharjeel Inam Memon said that Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) should find a solution to the water crisis in the city instead of resorting to blame game, ARY News reported on Thursday.

India's fast-growing cities face water crisis

NEW DELHI: Ranbir Singh still remembers when the wells in his village on New Delhi's southwestern edge were filled with sweet-tasting water and livestock drank from the small ponds that dotted the area.

Minister warns of imminent water crisis in Pakistan

LAHORE: Pakistan's Federal Minister for Water and Power Khwaja Asif on Tuesday warned of a possible water shortage in the country, ARY News reported.
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