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Naseer Memon__The News on Sunday |
The Nepal tragedy should be seen as a warning for Pakistan.
Sindh has expressed serious concerns about the dam.
Deltaic ecosystems are being pushed towards extinction.
The project envisages a significantly above-normal water allowance.
Geography protects Pakistan’s waters
The lessons of 2022 and 2025 must be recalled.
Damage has already been inflicted on crops.
El Niño conditions are likely to be experienced in South Asia.
Market volatility due to fuel costs will inflate fertiliser rates.
Sindh has witnessed unseasonal weather this month.
Any aggression can endanger water in the ME.
The most vulnerable districts should be targeted for progress.
Iraq has warned that the Euphrates could run dry by 2040.
Pakistan’s water security is prone to multiple risks.
Iran’s water crisis is only the tip of the iceberg.
We build on floodplains, then call it misfortune.
Rivers are now being recognised as living beings.
The disaster was not caused by a few abnormal showers.
There’s a human dimension to the flood disasters.
Embankments have not tamed the waters.