Tag: Water
Conference on Pak-Afghan water issue on Nov 1
A conference on the regional water governance focusing on water cooperation between Pakistan and Afghanistan is going to be held on 01 November here...
Repeated water and power mistakes
Provided the prime minister’s inauguration of the Diamer-Bhasha dam is not a repeat performance of previous stalled attempts to get the ball rolling on...
Indus Water Treaty
This refers to the “Rejoinder” published on August 25, 2011, by Janardan Singh, First Secretary (Information), Indian High Commission, Islamabad, in response to the...
Decrease in water availability threatening agriculture
The water availability in the country has decreased sharply over the last decade and if it is not improved by the year 2020 then...
Organising public action
A colleague who lives in the urban area around Rawalpindi told me that about six months back they decided to bore a hole and...
Bodies of 3 sisters recovered from water tank
Police recovered dead bodies of three girls from a water tank in Orangi Town on Saturday. SP Shahjahan Khan told journalists that dead bodies...
Agri sector to lose water lifeline by 2017 – SBP
Pakistan, an agrarian economy, the agriculture sector of which not only employs majority of the rural population but also contributes around one–fourth to the...
Simply unacceptable!
That the ministry of water and power embarrassed itself, and the country, when a ministerial level delegation went unprepared to an MoU signing with...
A never-ending quest for clean water
A group of children stood along a nullah in Machhar Colony, the city’s largest slum settlement, trying to connect a pipe to a suction...
Power breakdowns, water scarcity hit citizens hard
The water scarcity and sleepless nights are two major problems resulting from the prolonged and unscheduled loadshedding being faced by the Islooites.
CDA Water Supply...
IRSA advisory committee to decide Rabi water allocations on Sep 30
The advisory committee of the Indus River System Authority (IRSA) will decide on the allocation of estimated available water resources of 33.6 Million Acers...
Capital’s rural areas deprived of potable water
The federal capital’s rural areas have no clean drinking water as there is only one water filtration plant compared to 37 in relatively rich...
Stagnant water poses threats to citizens’ lives
Stagnant contaminated water standing on the road at Pindora Chowk near Said Pur Road has been worrying citizens for the past month as it...
Met office says rains produce water six times of Tarbela dam
Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD)’s Director Dr Muhammad Hanif has said that, for the first time in the history of Sindh, 400 mm rain has...
‘K-IV project to supply water to city for 25 years’
The K-IV water supply project has been forwarded to the Sindh government and it is likely to be approved soon, said Karachi Water and...
India hands over Wular Barrage’s technical data to Pakistan
India has handed over technical data relating to Wular Barrage to Pakistan after resisting the issue for 27 years.
The Indus Water Commission has handed...
CDA to ensure continuous water supply on Eid
Capital Development Authority (CDA) has taken special measures for continuous water supply on Eid to the citizens of the capital. A special cell has...
