Pakistani women wade through floodwaters as they take refuge on Sep. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan) September 8, 2022 Pakistan needs a national development program to combat future floods and droughts Shahid Azam, University of Regina Climate change will increase the frequency of both floods and droughts in Pakistan. To address these challenges, enhancing infrastructure, building dams and educating the public are necessary.
Drilling a groundwater well by hand, near Lahore, July 2017. A_noina / Shutterstock August 29, 2017 Pakistan relies on a huge underground reservoir – but it’s polluted with arsenic and will eventually run dry Fazilda Nabeel, University of Sussex Millions of livelihoods depend on the Indus Basin aquifer.
P5D / shutterstock June 1, 2017 How India and Pakistan are competing over the mighty Indus river Fazilda Nabeel, University of Sussex Hydropower dams in upstream India have left Pakistanis worried.