The federal government is planning to launch a two-year development plan for Islamabad, titled Vision 2027, aimed at transforming the capital through a series of infrastructure and civic improvement projects. The announcement came as Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif inaugurated the Allama Iqbal flyover at T-Chowk on Thursday. Read More: CM Punjab reviews progress on Lahore Development […]
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Karachi residents face acute water shortage amid KE power failures
Karachi’s residents continued to face a worsening water crisis on Friday due to repeated electricity outages by K-Electric (KE), which have disrupted the city’s water pumping operations According to the spokesperson for the Karachi Water and Sewerage Corporation (KWSC), the city’s crucial K-3 pumping station experienced a major electric breakdown late last night, and the […]
Karachi to face water shortage as power breakdown hits Dhabeji station
Karachi could face a shortfall of 100 million gallons of water per day (MGD) due to a power breakdown at the Dhabeji Pumping Station, which is expected to be fully repaired by today, the Karachi Water and Sewerage Corporation (KWSC) said on Sunday. The Dhabeji Pumping Station is a key pumping station operated by KWSC, […]
US cuts water supply to states: Mexico drought-ridden
US cuts water supply to states: Mexico is drought-ridden. Some US states and Mexico must cut their water usage to avoid a “catastrophic collapse” of the Colorado River, Washington officials said Tuesday, as a historic drought bites. More than two decades of well below-average rainfall have left the river — the lifeblood of the western […]
Pakistan’s mango production likely to decline by 50% due to heatwave, water shortage
Pakistan’s mango production is expected to decline by around 50% this year, as the crop has been severely hit by unusually high temperatures and water shortages, the chief of a growers’ and exporters’ association said. Pakistan witnessed an extreme heatwave this month, with temperatures in the south crossing 50 degrees Celsius (122 degrees Fahrenheit). The […]
Farmers, PPP workers protest water shortage in Sindh
BADIN: A large number of the PPP workers and farmers from different areas of Badin district on Saturday gathered in Badin town where they staged the demonstration outside Badin Press Club after marching on different roads to register their protest against the nagging water crisis in the district. MPA Taj Mohammad Mallah, MPA Dada Mohammad […]
PTI lawmakers stage protest against not being allowed to table resolution on water shortage
KARACHI: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf members of the Sindh Assembly on Friday staged a protest when they were not given permission to table a resolution against ‘artificial shortage’ of water in the province. The protesters led by opposition leader Haleem Adil Sheikh also raised slogans against the ‘artificial’ water shortage. Addressing on the occasion, Haleem Sheikh […]
PPP chairman urged to take notice of water shortage in Sindh
LARKANA: The central leader of Sindh Abadgar Board (SAB), Gada Hussain Mahesar, urged PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari to take notice of water shortage situation in Sindh and order immediate remedy measures to save growers and farmers of rice from huge losses. He was talking to newsmen here on Sunday. He said that 40 percent […]
Consensus reached for immediate construction of two new dams: CJP
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Saqib Nisar on Saturday said that a consensus has been reached to construct two new dams immediately. The CJP made these remarks during a hearing of the suo motu case pertaining to waiving of Rs54 billion loans by 222 defaulters during the government of former president General (retd) […]
Interim govt should not be dissolved unless water shortage is resolved: CJP
ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court of Pakistan (SC) on Monday heard a suo moto notice case pertaining to water scarcity in Islamabad. A three-member bench headed by Chief Justice (CJP) Saqib Nisar heard the case. During the hearing, the additional attorney general (AG) submitted a report to the SC. CJP Nisar questioned AG regarding the sources of […]