The water level in the River Chenab at Marala has risen following a marked reduction witnessed at the site between December 10 and December 16. During the aforementioned period, the water level at the site was at its lowest in the last 10 years. Pakistan has said that India first emptied the Baglihar Dam and […]
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Water: The Last Commodity of Greed
Water was once a symbol of purity-a gift of nature, free and life-giving. Today, it has been reduced to a product, a brand, a profit margin. The commodification of water is among the most shameful moral contradictions of our time: turning the very essence of life into a privilege. Corporations like Nestlé, Coca-Cola, and PepsiCo […]
President Zardari Calls for Collective Action to Ensure Food Security for All
ISLAMABAD – President Asif Ali Zardari has said that equal, safe, and affordable access to food is a fundamental right of every human being, stressing that ensuring food security is a collective responsibility, not just that of the government. In his message on World Food Day, observed globally on October 16, President Zardari said this year’s […]
Water Crisis
At a recent briefing with the World Bank, Sindh’s Chief Minister laid bare a devastating truth: more than 90 per cent of rural households in his province rely on unsafe wells. That figure is staggering, but it mirrors what is happening across Pakistan. From Balochistan’s parched settlements to Punjab’s canal colonies, villages survive on water […]
Supply of water started from Hub Dam: mayor
Mayor of Karachi Barrister Murtaza Wahab on Sunday said that the supply of water to the citizens from Hub Dam had started from seven of clock in the morning. He said that water was released into the Hub Canal affected by the flood. The Hub Canal was affected by the rain on Wednesday, he said […]
Speakers at UN event warn against weaponisation of water
United Nations Speakers at a high-level event arranged jointly by the Permanent Mission of Pakistan to the United Nations and the Muslim-American Leadership Alliance (MALA), have stated that the Indian move to unilaterally hold the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) in abeyance has raised serious doubts about the sanctity of international commitments. They termed the Indian […]
Data on water inflow, outflow in rivers and barrages released
Sindh Information Department on Saturday released data on water inflow and outflow in rivers and barrages as per data issued by the Provincial Rain and Flood Emergency Monitoring Cell. The Water flow has decreased at Panjand, inflow and outflow were recorded at 575195 cusecs. Currently, inflow at Guddu Barrage is 544,658 cusecs and outflow is […]
Shehbaz warns India: “We will fight to protect our water”
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif strongly warned India on Tuesday. He said India cannot take even a drop of Pakistan’s water. Shehbaz made this statement during a ceremony in Islamabad. He emphasized that Pakistan will defend its water rights at all costs. The prime minister warned India that any attempt to snatch water would face serious […]
Army warns India of long-term consequences if it blocks water
Director-General Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry has warned India of long-term consequences if it attempted to block Pakistan’s water. “I hope that time doesn’t come, but it will be such actions that the world will see and the consequences of that we will fight for years and decades to come. Nobody […]
WB says ‘no provision’ in Indus Water Treaty for suspension
World Bank President Ajay Banga has said that there is no provision in the Indus Water Treaty (IWT) for suspension, in an interview with Indian broadcaster CNBC-TV18. Speaking in New Delhi, he said, “There is no provision in the treaty to allow to be suspended, the way it (IWT) was drawn up, it either needs […]