Pakistan to Reach Water Scarcity by 2025
Pakistan is marked as ''third'' most critical country to face water scarcity in recent times.
PAKISTAN - International Monetary Fund (IMF) has released reports which labeled Pakistan as the ''Third'' most likely country to face water scarcity. United Nations Development Programmed (UNDP) and Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources (PCRWR) has reported that Pakistan likely to hit water scarcity by 2025. It is also reported that South Asian countries will go water scarcity by 2040.
However, this is not the first time Pakistan has been warned about such looming scarcity factor. In 2016, PCRWR reported that Pakistan touched the "water stress line" in 1990 and crossed the "water scarcity line" in 2005.
If situation like this continues, the country is likely to face a drought ...