Pakistan, Sept. 19 -- Experts believe that all Pakistanis, irrespective of where they reside are vulnerable to water scarcity. This issue can be attributed to a plethora of reasons. Our agrarian economy uses up a great amount of surface water. Just as water sustains life, wasting it threatens life. Unfortunately, we do not have a good nexus between technology and water usage to measure the paramount losses. Some other factors playing a role in this scarcity phenomenon can be a change in our hydrological cycle because of climatic factors, and political power play leading to negligence towards mainstream issues. All this has led to a privation on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) services.

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