Pakistan Faces Severe Water Crisis Amid Extreme Heat, Indus Waters Shortage

Met Office forecasts very hot, dry weather during Eid holidays

A volunteer showers a woman with water during a heatwave in Karachi. — AFP/FileThe Pakistan Meteorological Department forecast on Tuesday a very hot and dry weather in most plain areas of the country during Eid ul Adha holidays.The federal government announced four-day Eid holidays, from...

Pakistan Faces Severe Water Crisis Amid Extreme Heat, Indus Waters Shortage

Pakistan's Punjab province may be looking ahead to a tough kharif (summer crops) sowing season amid a major water shortage at two of its key damns-- Tarbela on the Indus river and Mangla on the Jhelum river.