Pakistan continues to grapple with severe water insecurity, with more than 80 percent of its population lacking access to ...

ADB warns that over 80% of Pakistan’s population still lacks access to clean drinking water, urging urgent reforms in ...

Pakistan is facing a severe water crisis, with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) warning over 80 percent of its population lacks clean drinking water. The 2025 Asian Water Development Outlook ...

A new regional water outlook has revealed that nearly 80% of Pakistan’s population lacks access to clean drinking water, ...

Pakistan’s water crisis continues to worsen as the country saw a sharp drop in its per capita water availability, due to a ...

Pakistan's per capita water availability has collapsed from 3,500 cubic metres in 1972 to just 1,100 cubic metres in 2020, placing it dangerously close to the threshold of absolute scarcity. The ADB ...

At the heart of Pakistan’s dilemma is the 1960 Indus Water Treaty (IWT), which for decades regulated the sharing of the Indus system between Pakistan and India. However, the treaty is increasingly ...

India has suspended the Indus Waters Treaty with Pakistan, a major water-sharing agreement brokered by the World Bank. The move came on April 23, within a day of a deadly shooting in Pahalgam, in the ...

Pakistan’s water woes have deepened dramatically after Afghanistan cut off river flows to its neighbor, following India’s withdrawal from the Indus Waters Treaty. The development could force Pakistan ...

Fisherman standing on their boat in search of fishes in the Indus River in Jamshoro district in Hyderabad, Pakistan, on May 6, 2025. Pakistan has warned of a full force response to any attempt by ...

India and Pakistan appear once again to be inching towards the precipice of a perilous confrontation in the wake of a terrorist attack in Pahalgam in the heavily militarized region of Kashmir. The ...