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Rawal Dam spillways open after reaching full capacity

Maximum storage limit for Rawal Dam is 1,752 feet

Updated 05 Sep, 2025 05:30pm

S.M. Tanveer expresses concerns over wastage of precious water resources

Efficient water management is essential to mitigate the effects of climate change: UBG Patron

Published 20 Aug, 2025 05:56pm

New Hub Canal completed to supply water to Karachi after 24 years

Project to provide 100 million gallons of water daily, inauguration set for Wednesday

Published 12 Aug, 2025 04:32pm

Break through discovery enables sustainable life on Moon

Transporting water on moon still remains expensive

Published 20 Jul, 2025 10:45am

Karachi’s West district, Keamari may face water shortage after power breakdown: official

There was a power breakdown at K-Electric’s Hub Pumping Station

Published 11 Mar, 2025 03:40pm

Here is the new water supply schedule for Ramazan in Faisalabad

Holy month began in holy month on Sunday

Published 02 Mar, 2025 11:09am

Karachi faces another water shortage due to repair work

Repairs would impact water availability in older neighborhoods

Published 23 Feb, 2025 02:04pm

Trump aid cut imperils water scheme in Jacobabad

Trump claims that USAID is “run by radical lunatics”

Published 21 Feb, 2025 08:46am

Punjab bans washing vehicles at home to conserve water amid declining rainfall

All service stations are required to install water recycling systems by February 28

Published 14 Feb, 2025 10:57am

Oxfam warns of humanitarian crisis in Gaza as only 12 aid trucks delivered in 2.5 months

Rights Watch accused Israeli authorities of systematic efforts to deprive Gazans of water

Published 23 Dec, 2024 03:49pm

Karachi faces another water crisis due to pipeline leak

The repair work, which took eight days, left city without water and resulted in significant shortage

Published 13 Dec, 2024 12:39am

Water supply restored to Karachi following pipeline repairs

Several water pumps at the Dhabeji Station were shut down

Published 10 Dec, 2024 01:07pm

Karachi faces severe water crisis as infrastructure damage leaves neighbourhoods parched

KWSC to announce that water supplies will soon be restored to all affected areas

Updated 26 Oct, 2024 07:11pm

Heavy rains, flooding leave residents in interior Sindh stranded

People are forced to drink contaminated water

Updated 05 Sep, 2024 06:08pm

Pakistan goes from water-stressed to water-scarce status

Outlines water planning in Economic Survey 2023-24

Published 12 Jun, 2024 10:26am

Major pipeline supplying water to Karachi bursts

Repairs are expected to take 24 hours

Published 12 Nov, 2023 03:41pm

The two indian dams that pose risk to Pakistan

Both dams have unusually filled in August this year

Published 28 Aug, 2023 12:19am

Over 94% of people use unfiltered water in Peshawar, shows data

PCRWR research officer says over ‘more than 70% pipeline’ not changed in KP since 1947

Updated 28 Aug, 2023 09:18am

Only non-registered water connections are being cut: Wahab

Karachi mayor advises people to submit applications to water board for restoration of connection

Published 30 Jul, 2023 12:25am

High alert issued as India releases 185,000 cusecs of water

India had released 173,000 cusecs last year as well

Published 09 Jul, 2023 11:04am

Himalayan glaciers on track to lose up to 75% of ice by 2100, report says

If global warming exceeds 4C per year, the loss could be 80%

Published 21 Jun, 2023 10:54am

Water woes shake up Spain’s election campaign

For the past two years, it has barely rained

Published 17 May, 2023 12:17pm

Water rationed in Catalonia as drought bites deeper

This small Catalan town has suffered supply problems

Published 19 Apr, 2023 11:09am

Water, water everywhere: Wet winter boosts California’s reservoirs

Vegetation dried up, with hillsides a parched brown

Published 18 Apr, 2023 12:45pm

Fire breaks out at Chinese camp at Dasu dam site

Rescue 1122 officials said no one was injured or killed

Published 04 Apr, 2023 03:19pm

Intriguing moon water source found in glass beads from impacts

The lunar soil samples were retrieved in 2020 during China's robotic Chang'e-5 mission

Published 28 Mar, 2023 07:28am

‘Uncharted territory’: South Sudan’s four years of flooding

Hundreds of thousands of people are trapped beneath the water line

Published 22 Mar, 2023 12:59pm

Drought, floods and sickness: Key takeaways from UN’s water report

Global water consumption has increased by about 1 percent per year

Published 22 Mar, 2023 10:34am

Gaza fisherman tests waters in legal fight over Israeli blockade

The issue is crucial for thousands in the blockaded Palestinian territory of 2.3 million people

Published 22 Mar, 2023 09:59am

UN warns ‘vampiric’ water use leading to ‘imminent’ global crisis

The world is “blindly travelling a dangerous path” as “unsustainable water use

Published 22 Mar, 2023 08:36am