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Farozaan Environmental Protection Organization arranged a Symposium on “State of Ground Water in Pakistan” at PMA House Karachi. Dr. Pervaiz Amir the water expert and the director of Global Water Partnership was the keynote speaker at the event.

He quoted his popular phrase “Takeout water and life is very lifeless.” Pakistan is a harshly water-stressed country. Everyone is only vocally concerned about the scarcity of water while we continue to squander the resource. The world over bottled water business is discouraged and most large companies are kicked out. Here they are finding space and filling a gap. They pay zero cost for groundwater or abstraction cost of a few thousand rupees as groundwater is not regulated. Selling our own water at hefty profits and making windfalls. “Perhaps all the nations that have banned such business as unethical are fools.” Agriculture business mafias involving sugar cane and rice cultivation and processing are over-exploiting the Indus delta. Pricing and regulatory laws are the need of time. The reserves of visible water of rivers and the invisible groundwater must be utilized with wisdom.

Veteran Educationist and health practitioner Dr. Tipu Sultan ask the environment’s cautious audience who has the courage to drink tap water throughout Pakistan. Absolutely every well-informed citizen will reject the idea. He further stated that we have destroyed the purity of our water resources. We should be back to our responsibilities to preserve the environment to save our future generations.

Muhammad Toheed Urban Planner, Basheer Lakhani Consultant at K4 Project, Mehmood Alam Khalid Editor Farozaan, President Farozaan Environmental Protection Organization, Mohammad Awais Country Manager Global Water Partnership, Ghulam Mustafa representative of affected of Malir Expressway also expressed their views. Durdana Ahmed Khan expert in Geography displayed a presentation on underground water issues Furqan Haider General Secretary Farozaan Environmental Protection Organization conducted the symposium. Many environmental activists and a large number of students, NGO representatives, media persons, and civil society members attended the symposium.
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