Tag Archives: Pakistan water crisis

Pakistan-India Water Talks Resolve Little, But Raise Hope for Dialogue

Even as Pakistan's questions about Indian hydropower projects went unanswered, both sides at the Indus Waters Treaty meeting showed an intention to engage.

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Water Levels in Himalayan River Basins Drop as World Warms

Rising temperatures mean more water is being lost through evaporation and absorbed by plants. At the same time, less water is entering river basins from rain and snowfall as weather patterns change.

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Pakistan: Drought Time-bomb is Ticking

What can Pakistan learn from Israel in water management?

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Is Pakistan Running Out of Water?

The signs of water stress are almost everywhere in Pakistan – in the form of water scarcity, resource depletion, and contamination.

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Pakistan’s Sindh Struggles to Respond to Climate Change Challenges

Pakistan’s Sindh province is affected badly by climate change, in a larger country that is also deeply vulnerable, but are dams the solution?

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Catastrophic Water Shortage Endangers Pakistan’s Future

Pakistan is running out of time. To escape a dry future with disastrous consequences, it has to build new reservoirs and complete those under construction expeditiously, well before 2025

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Pakistan on Brink of Becoming ‘Water Scarce’

With water availability plummeting, Pakistan is close to being declared a water scare country, but better management of surface water resources and groundwater aquifers shared with India can help avert the crisis.

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