Water shortage bigger threat than terrorism: PEW

Islamabad – The Pakistan Economy Watch (PEW) on Sunday said that water scarcity was emerging as a grave threat to the survival of the country, but unfortunately the policymakers seemed to be unconcerned. “Pakistan is facing an acute water shortage and may hit masses, agriculture and industry soon,” said PEW President Dr Murtaza Mughal, and added, “In the last few years the defence budget had been significantly increased to combat terrorism ignoring the fact that water scarcity could even be a bigger menace than terrorism.” He said, “Our country touched the “water…

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