Pakistan is hurtling towards an environmental emergency that demands urgent national attention. At the heart of this looming disaster is the rapid and largely unregulated over-extraction of groundwater, a practice that is steadily depleting aquifers and pushing vital freshwater ecosystems towards collapse. The threat is not distant; it is unfolding before our eyes.

Scientists warn that nearly half of the world's population could be living in water-stressed river basins by 2030 if current trends persist. For Pakistan, where water availability per capita has already plunged to alarmingly low levels, such projections translate into a fight for survival.

The country's water crisis is aggravated by climate shocks that are growing in frequency and intensity. The 2022 monsoon floods remain a gr

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