The Express Tribune: A nation on the cusp of water emergency

In this file photo, Pakistani residents fill their cans with drinking water from a filtration plant donated by the Junaid Jamshed foundation in Kot Assadullah on Feb. 25, 2018. (AFP)

September 7: The Express Tribune report by Riazul Haq states that the Ministry of Water Resources will brief Prime Minister Imran Khan next week on water scarcity in the country, including the lack of coordination among provinces over wastage of millions of cusecs of water into the sea. “About 50 percent of the 90 to 95% water for irrigation purposes gets wasted due to poor management and canal losses while this is 70% on average across the globe,” said Ministry of Water and Power Secretary Shamail Ahmad Khawaja while briefing Senate’s special committee on Thursday.

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