LAHORE: Pakistan is nearing the threshold of water scarcity.
This was stated by the speakers during a media briefing session conducted by WWF-Pakistan under the project titled International Labour and Environmental Standards (ILES) Application in Pakistan’s Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) at a local hotel.
He said that the implementation of laws pertaining to industrial effluents generated from the textile and leather industries were very weak.
He also said that a large population of major cities in Pakistan did not have access to safe drinking water as freshwater resources were being contaminated due to multiple reasons. He was of the view that safe drinking water should be made available to the population and industries needed to ensure proper disposal of solid and liquid waste.
This has consequential impacts on natural resources, the health of the people and eventually on overall economic conditions. He said that WWF-Pakistan would initiate a study on the situation analysis of water resources in Karachi and establish a case for a citywide partnership for responsible use of the resource.