By reading this, you are one of the very few people in Pakistan who recognise the importance of water economy, and I wish a few of the economic policy managers could also do so.
Since independence, the population of Pakistan has increased approximately fivefold while fresh water availability per person has decreased five times. With this trajectory, it is not difficult to foresee the situation in the medium to long term.
While it is widely recognised that Pakistan is going to face severe water shortage in the near future and in the long term, there are no clear and feasible pathways to deal with it. There are political announcements to build dams but that is just one, and not immediate, part of the required holistic solution….
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