KARACHI, Pakistan (Asia Water Wire) – The 18th century port-city is not only Pakistan’s largest but also boasts of a harbour which is said to be among the best in Asia. 

   The city lies northwest of the Indus delta, the country’s largest river system. Another river, Lyari flows across the city and empties into the harbour comprising of over 3 kilometres of wharfs, docks and other installations. 

KARACHI (Asia Water Wire) - Ask 60-year old earthquake survivor Haji Hanif, a shopkeeper in Balakot in the Hazara division of Pakistan, if people in his town need water, clean water, to drink or to wash up or for any other purpose -- and his response will be in the negative. 

   Most will also respond in the same way. That is the least of their worries, they will tell you. 

LAHORE, Pakistan (AWW) - The lush greenery along the waterway leading to fields in the outskirts of Pakistan’s eastern city of Lahore is somewhat out of place in what used to be a water-scarce area.

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Asia Water Wire) - Sadiq Shah, a 45-year-old farmer from Amangarh village, visits his fields on the banks of the Kabul River in Pakistan’s North West Frontier Province (NWFP) almost everyday.

   But there’s less and less to see: the tomato crop is barely 12 centimetres tall and sugarcane is not as it used to be in the past. Shaking his head, he says, “I’ve lost it again.” 

For water they pray, for shelter from floods they pray.