{"id":204050,"date":"2021-07-14T14:25:40","date_gmt":"2021-07-14T09:25:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=204050"},"modified":"2021-07-14T14:28:01","modified_gmt":"2021-07-14T09:28:01","slug":"water-scarcity-emerged-as-a-serious-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/water-scarcity-emerged-as-a-serious-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"Water scarcity emerged as a serious problem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>KARACHI : Chairman of National Business Group Pakistan, President Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum, and All Karachi Industrial Alliance, and former provincial minister Mian Zahid Hussain on Wednesday said the country is facing a serious water crisis which can transform Pakistan into a desert. <\/p>\n<p>If the issue was not resolved the country may face absolute scarcity within years hitting masses and damaging agricultural as well as industrial production, he said. <\/p>\n<p>Mian Zahid Hussain said that per capita availability has eroded by over 400 percent since independence which has put the future of the country at stake. <\/p>\n<p>Talking to the business community, the veteran business leader said that per capita water availability was 5600 cubic meters in 1947 which is now 1000 cubic meters which is threatening world\u2019s fifth most populous country in the world. <\/p>\n<p>Water scarcity is reducing agriculture output damaging food security and burdening resources as Pakistan has become a net food importer. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KARACHI : Chairman of National Business Group Pakistan, President Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum, and All Karachi Industrial Alliance, and former provincial minister Mian Zahid Hussain on Wednesday said the country is facing a serious water crisis which can transform Pakistan into a desert. 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