Pakistan, March 13 -- Severe water scarcity looms large over Pakistan as it is only a few years away from droughts, in the case of some experts, absolute water scarcity by 2025. Pakistan's population is increasing, as well as poor irrigation techniques, climate change and other factors have put the country's water resources in severe danger, and the cost will be catastrophic if intervention is not made immediately.

Moreover, as the Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources (PCRWR) admits, per capita water availability has decreased from 5260 cubic meters in 1951 to less than 1000 today, which is disturbing considering that the UN water scarcity per capita figure of 1000 cubic meters is even breached. The Indus water system, which i...