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In a bid to ensure optimal utilization of its ever depleting water resources, Pakistan has embarked upon building eight mega hydel projects that would help double its water storage capacity. Officials say the new dams will...

In a discovery that holds the breathtaking prospect of finding key support for life, NASA’s observatory has for the first time detected water on the surface of the shining Moon. The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy,...

A world with intensifying water stress levels cannot rescue the climate of our planet as a judicious use of the natural resource – from rivers, streams and oceans to dams – remains a key part of...

Aquatic animals and plants are not the only casualties of water pollution. Humans are already paying a high cost in terms of economic losses and health hazards for the “invisible crisis” of water quality . Rapidly...

Ravi River Chamba, Image Credit: Vjdchauhan/Wikimedia India has announced a plan to restrict the flow of water  to Pakistan by diverting the eastern rivers Ravi, Sutlej and Beas rivers with an ultimate aim of damaging economy...

A view of the Tarbela Dam, the largest earth-filled dam in the world in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Photo Credit: USAID/Wikimedia Commons As parts of the country faced drought, Prime Minister Imran Khan Friday appealed to all Pakistanis,...

Mono Lake in California, August 2014, Photo: Maryphillips1952/Wikimedia Commons Wetter regions are becoming wetter, and drier regions are becoming ever drier, a new report warns citing impacts of climate change that may cause flooding in some...

A UNHCR file photo shows a boat carrying refugees and migrants drifts on the Mediterranean Sea shortly before rescue by the Italian Navy in 2014. © Italian Navy/Massimo Sestini The 2018 has begun disastrously for refugees trying...

Indus River in Kharmang District, Pakistan, Photo Shanawaz Zafar/Wikimedia Commons Islamabad has asked the World Bank – the arbiter of Indus Water Treaty – to expedite resolution water-sharing disputes with India, which is constructing dams on...

Indus Valley in Leh, Kashmir, a source of water for Pakistan Photo: Kenny OMG via Wikimedia Commons Pakistan and India will hold talks on the Kishanganga and Ratle hydropower projects, in Washington from April 11, Islamabad...