About 84% Pakistanis do not have access to safe drinking water, a Minister said in Islamabad. The startling disclosure was made by Minister for ...

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About 84% Pakistanis do not have access to safe drinking water, a Minister said in Islamabad. The startling disclosure was made by Minister for Science and Technology Rana Tanvir Hussain in the Senate, the upper house of parliament,  according to the Dawn newspaper. Mr. Hussain said according to a study by Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources (PCRWR), only 72% water supply schemes in the country were functional and 84% of those had supplied water that was not fit for consumption. Read more: The Hindu