According to reports capita availability of water in Pakistan is expected to hit "absolute water scarcity" levels by 2025.
According to an earlier report by UN report – the country may run out of water by 2025.
New Delhi: In his maiden address to the nation as Pakistan’s Prime Minister, Imran Khan, among other issues, highlighted the impending water crisis gripping the Islamic Republic.
Pakistan by ‘Kaptan’ Khan’s own admission is facing one of the worst debt crises in its history.
He also pointed out about high child mortality rate due to contaminated water.
Neil Buhne, UN Humanitarian Co-ordinator for Pakistan said no person in Pakistan will be immune to the water crisis.
The report says Pakistan is on the way to become the most water-parched country in the region by 2040.
The reasons for taps running dry in Pakistan are mainly population growth, groundwater depletion, inadequate storage facilities, poor management of water resources and storage facilities among others.
The quality of issue is another issue.
A PCRWR study found that in 2015-16 about 70 percent of water samples collected were found to be unsafe for human consumption.