Thank you for the article. Great points. I especially agree with how you have highlighted the deeper issues that have shaped the situation we face today. But more than anything else, I feel we need to look inward, because political failures keep surfacing as the common thread. Climate change is for sure real, and the colonial legacy is undeniable, but if the nation's own house was in order, the damage wouldn’t cut this deep.
How else can we explain the following sad state of affairs (numbers are approximate but can be referenced on the web):
• Pakistan has only about 30 days of water storage, when experts say it needs at least 120 days.
• (Mostly post independence) India has built almost 6000 dams, while Pakistan has only about 150 (all sizes). (Yes, India is a larger country but when we consider different ratios and the rainfall, the number is extremely low.)
• Today, India has 400+ dams under construction, while Pakistan struggles with less than 20 at a federal level.
• India captures around 6% of its annual rainfall in reservoirs. Pakistan stores far less (it doesn’t even report that number).
It hurts to admit, but survival has been made provisional because of the choices made locally. So, unless political will shifts from short-term optics (as you mention) to long-term resilience, the country will keep living this cycle of grief. Yes…it’s quite sad and the common people end up paying for it in life and property.
Thank you so much! I as always appreciate your reading, kind words, and thoughtful engagement. Thank you for sharing all these insightful points - you are absolutely right that we must look inward and focus on overcoming the obstacles we put in our own way. Nobody else will do it for us. InshaAllah we keep working toward and praying for a brighter tomorrow, and inshAllah we see it in our lifetime!
colonialism never ended! we still operate the same way: extracting every last bit instead of building sustainable systems.
tragically so! God willing we see the destruction of this evil once and for all in our lifetime
Pakistan Zindabad. Thank you for shedding light on the truth
thanks for reading ❤️
Incredible writing! Thanks for this
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Thank you for the article. Great points. I especially agree with how you have highlighted the deeper issues that have shaped the situation we face today. But more than anything else, I feel we need to look inward, because political failures keep surfacing as the common thread. Climate change is for sure real, and the colonial legacy is undeniable, but if the nation's own house was in order, the damage wouldn’t cut this deep.
How else can we explain the following sad state of affairs (numbers are approximate but can be referenced on the web):
• Pakistan has only about 30 days of water storage, when experts say it needs at least 120 days.
• (Mostly post independence) India has built almost 6000 dams, while Pakistan has only about 150 (all sizes). (Yes, India is a larger country but when we consider different ratios and the rainfall, the number is extremely low.)
• Today, India has 400+ dams under construction, while Pakistan struggles with less than 20 at a federal level.
• India captures around 6% of its annual rainfall in reservoirs. Pakistan stores far less (it doesn’t even report that number).
It hurts to admit, but survival has been made provisional because of the choices made locally. So, unless political will shifts from short-term optics (as you mention) to long-term resilience, the country will keep living this cycle of grief. Yes…it’s quite sad and the common people end up paying for it in life and property.
Thank you so much! I as always appreciate your reading, kind words, and thoughtful engagement. Thank you for sharing all these insightful points - you are absolutely right that we must look inward and focus on overcoming the obstacles we put in our own way. Nobody else will do it for us. InshaAllah we keep working toward and praying for a brighter tomorrow, and inshAllah we see it in our lifetime!