{"id":28566,"date":"2025-05-15T12:43:44","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T12:43:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/?p=28566"},"modified":"2025-05-15T12:43:44","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T12:43:44","slug":"taskforce-to-find-practical-solutions-to-pakistans-water-scarcity-dr-malik","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/?p=28566","title":{"rendered":"Taskforce to find practical solutions to Pakistan\u2019s water scarcity, Dr. Malik"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG-20250515-WA0044-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG-20250515-WA0044-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG-20250515-WA0044-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG-20250515-WA0044-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG-20250515-WA0044.jpg 1124w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Islamabad : A meeting of the Taskforce on Water Scarcity and its Impact on Rabi and Kharif Crops was held, co-chaired by Federal Minister for Climate Change and Environmental Coordination, Dr. Musadik Malik, and Federal Minister for Water Resources, Mr. Muhammad Moeen Wattoo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Taskforce discussed key measures to address growing water challenges, including promotion of rainwater harvesting, reduction of water wastage, and the design of pilot interventions to support drought-affected farmers. The importance of engaging development donors and international partners in addressing these issues was also emphasized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Musadik Malik inquired about the current water flow and levels across the country, including both internal resources and cross-border inflows. He stated that the core objective of the taskforce is to identify practical and forward-looking solutions to Pakistan\u2019s existing and potential water scarcity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also underlined the need for preparedness in the event of any disruption to cross-border water flows, particularly in light of regional dynamics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ministers jointly reviewed the agricultural and domestic demand for water, analyzed causes for recurring shortages, and discussed the year-on-year variance in water availability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The taskforce was directed to compile and analyze data from the past 40 years to identify underlying trends and better inform policy decisions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad : A meeting of the Taskforce on Water Scarcity and its Impact on Rabi and Kharif Crops was held, co-chaired by Federal Minister for Climate Change and Environmental Coordination,&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":28567,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[873,1011,1750,985],"class_list":["post-28566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","tag-climate-action-and-emergency","tag-environment-protection-agency-epa","tag-environmental-journalists-forum-ejf-islamabad","tag-ministry-of-climate-change-mocc-pakistan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28566"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28566\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28568,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28566\/revisions\/28568"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/28567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}