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KARACHI: In today’s fast-pacing world, Nuclear-Pakistan is among one of those countries that fail to provide many basic amenities, such as electricity and water, to its citizens.
Sources privy to Newspakistan.tv have informed that on Monday 16th of October, 2017, the supply of water to this port city would be blocked for around 12 hours due to unknown reasons.
Unfortunately, Karachiites will have to bear the brunt of this water paucity in such an extreme and wild weather!
Pakistan is at the verge of experiencing water scarcity: WWF
Director General WWF-Pakistan Hammad Naqi Khan, while addressing a presser here on Tuesday (10th of October), noted that Pakistan is on the verge of experiencing water scarcity!
Noting that people here are going through the issue of lack of access to potable water, DG WWF pointed out that non-availability of drinking water is spiking both in rural and urban districts of Pakistan.
Despite presence of laws regarding disposing industrial waste after proper treatment, (particularly) textile and leather industries dump industrial effluents harboring heavy metals (copper, chromium, and nickel).
Stressing that concerned authorities must ensure continued access to safe drinking water to the population, DG WWF further reiterated that industries should find out appropriate ways to dispose-off solid and liquid waste.
The media briefing session was conducted by WWF-Pakistan under the banner of a six-year long project labeled International Labor and Environmental Standards Application in Pakistan’s Small and Medium Enterprises.
The development intends to maintain international labor and environmental standards in Pakistan as to improve the capability of the public sector to employ Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) and national environmental laws and standards in Pakistan.
Also, it endeavors to make sure that the textile and leather sector take on Smart Environmental Management Practices (SEMPs) so as to use water and power resources proficiently while diminishing the use of detrimental chemicals up to 15 to 20 percent.
