The poor water system in the garrison city has meant good business for private water tanker owners as residents are left with no choice but to buy water for their everyday consumption...
The demand for water brought in by water tankers has increased, a trend that has persisted in the winter months and even though one tanker of water on average costs Rs1,000...
QUETTA: The dead bodies of four girls, aged between two and 10, were recovered Thursday from a water tank in the Faizabad area adjacent to Quetta's airport road, said police officials...
The girls' father, Mehmood Khan, alleged his daughters were initially poisoned by their mother and then thrown into a water tank...
QUETTA: Four girls drowned after their “mentally-challenged” mother threw them into a water tank at their house in Sumungli road area here on Thursday...
Police said that after throwing her four minor daughters into the water tank, the woman also jumped into it...
They carry water home, store it, keep it as clean as possible...
Yet women are kept out of major decisions around water supply...
KARACHI: Sindh Information and Local Government Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon has stated that the service comprising 1000 free water tankers will start on Monday in the city for the areas facing acute water shortage...
Talking to reporters after a meeting held with the management of the Karachi Water Sewerage Board (KWSB) and the city administration to review the water crisis in the city, he said the tanker service would be free of...
After a long and celebrated career of award-winning acting performances, Russell Crowe moves into the director’s chair for the first time in The Water Diviner, and while it’s not a flawless start for the new filmmaker, it is certainly a respectable one...
The emotional film is set after the end of the First World War and tells the tragic tale of Joshua Connor (Russell Crowe), who is something of a psychic Australian farmer with the...
Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah, former Karachi mayor Mustafa Kamal and Karachi police chief Mushtaq Ahmed Mahar appeared before the Supreme Court on Wednesday for a hearing on a plea concerning provision of clean drinking water and safe environment in the province...
Headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar, a three-judge bench at the SC Karachi registry is hearing the constitutional petition of Shahab Usto, a...
ISLAMABAD: At present, 1,100 cubic metres of water are available for each person in Pakistan...
If this number decreases to 1,000 cubic metres, we will be included in the list of water scarce countries...
The theme for this year’s World Water Day, which is celebrated on March 22, is ‘Why Waste Water?’It could not be more relevant for an agricultural country like Pakistan...
In this part of the world, we either have too much water in the form of floods, or too little water in the form of droughts...
The Supreme Court on Sunday said that if the owners of water tankers in Karachi hold a strike, it is the court's responsibility to deal with the matter...
"If a strike is observed, we know how to deal with them," a three-judge bench of the apex court remarked referring to the water tanker owners...
HYDERABAD: Retired Justice Amir Hani Muslim, new head of the Supreme Court-mandated water commission, on Monday reprimanded officers concerned over dilapidated state of water supply and sewerage installations...
He directed Hyderabad Development Authority (HDA) and Water and Sanitation Agency (Wasa) to protect their water and sewerage facilities from encroachers and asked Hyderabad Electric Supply Company (Hesco) to ensure...
Justice retired Amir Hani Muslim, head of the Supreme Court-mandated water commission, reprimanded the managing director (MD) of Karachi Water and Sewage Board (KWSB) for lack of provision of water in the provincial capital...
"Where did the water go? What is happening in Karachi?" Justice Hani lashed out at the water body head, noting that even those residing near the hydrants were not getting water while others had to line up from...
Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar on Friday took suo motu notice of the exploitation of water resources by mineral water companies operating in the country, and sought data regarding water usage by these companies from concerned departments...
CJP Nisar also directed the attorney general and all advocate generals to convey his directives to mineral water companies...
The Supreme Court has taken up the issue of bottled water...
This presents an excellent opportunity: water experts have for decades decried the irrational prices attached to water, and regularly blame low prices for a major chunk of the country’s inefficient water use...
The Pakistan Meteorological Department's (PMD) Chief Meteorologist, Muhammad Riaz, on Monday dismissed local media reports that India had 'released water' into Pakistani rivers, resulting in flooding...
According to local media, "several villages in Pakistan were flooded after India released water in River Ravi, River Sutlej, and River Chenab on Sunday"...