Pakistan
Pakistan, Islamabad: poor management is cause of water shortages, experts claim
20 May 09
Experts predict that the city’s water shortage problem is going to worsen, not for want of water but due to poor management. They ask why the responsible agency, the Capital Development Authority, is not taking action to conserve water and plug leakages
Pakistan: umbrella programme on water, sanitation and hygiene planned
20 May 09
The Ministry of Environment, with UNICEF support, is developing a proposal for a 5-year, US$ 31 million, umbrella programme on water, sanitation and hygiene.
Pakistan, Karachi: slum dwellers fear impotence from water-purifying tablets
04 Mar 09
Women in the Machar Colony, the largest slum in the Pakistani city of Karachi are refusing to use chlorine tablets to purify water because their husbands fear it will make them impotent. Community workers say that this is only one of a range of excuses not to use the tablets.
Pakistan: Memorandum of Understanding with U.S. to support clean drinking water project
09 Feb 09
The United States government and the Government of Pakistan have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to support the Pakistani Government’s Clean Drinking Water for All project.
Pakistan: changing behaviour to stop open defecation
19 Jan 09
1,500 activists have been trained in Pakistan, as part of the Community-Led Total Sanitation campaign, to try and persuade people to stop the practice of open defecation. Although the majority of the activists are men, much of their success is due to the women behind them.
Pakistan, Sindh: US$ 300 million ADB loan to improve water and sanitation in secondary towns
09 Dec 08
The Asian Development Bank is providing a loan of US$ 300 million to enable the Pakistani province of Sindh to improve water and sanitation services in its secondary cities. The loan will also help the Sindh government establish local government-owned urban services corporations.
Pakistan, Karachi: city being supplied with contaminated water
01 Dec 08
The Karachi Water and Sewerage Board is supplying the city with contaminated water after reducing the capacity of its filter plants. Experts warned of the risk of water-borne diseases.
Pakistan: on track to meet MDG target for sanitation, draft National Drinking Water Policy on the way
01 Dec 08
Speaking at the SACOSAN-III conference, the Pakistani Minister for Environment said that the country was on track to meet the MDG target for sanitation. The Minister also told UNICEF that Pakistan would soon be finalising a draft National Drinking Water Policy.
Pakistan, NWFP: municipality offers financial reward for defeating open defecation
11 Nov 08
The municipality of Chitral in northern Pakistan will pay a reward of half a million Pakistani rupees to the first union to achieve open defecation free (ODF) status. This is part of a campaign to improve sanitation across the municipality.
Pakistan, NWFP: attacks cause outbreak of gastroenteritis
29 Oct 08
Thousands of people are suffering from gastroenteritis in Swat Valley after militants blew up an electricity sub-station. The attack disrupted power to water supplies, forcing people to use dirty water.
