River Basins

Indus

The Indus starts on the Tibetan Plateau before making its 3,200 km journey through China, India and Pakistan and merging into the Arabian Sea near the port city of Karachi. A small proportion of the river basin is in Afghanistan.

Women and children in Jamshoro district of Sindh province, Pakistan, in September 2022, after floods forced them from their homes. The 2022 floods displaced nearly 8 million people across Pakistan.

Lasting toll of multiple climate disasters on Pakistan’s women

More than six months on from the floods described as the worst in Pakistan’s history, experts say poverty, societal attitudes and gender norms have made it harder for women to cope with the impacts of climate change

overhead view of people standing over large water containers

Engineers warn of ‘severe’ groundwater shortage in northwest Pakistan

The province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is technically water-abundant, but soaring groundwater use combined with a lack of data, planning and infrastructure is depleting its resources

A recharge well in Kachnar Park, Islamabad, was the first of 50 new artificial groundwater recharge wells in the city to become functional, in June 2022

Islamabad’s recharge wells offer way forward for Pakistan’s groundwater

Artificial groundwater recharge wells have shown early promise in Pakistan’s capital. Experts think they could help to replenish the city’s overstretched groundwater while managing urban flooding

A man holds out some seedlings, in the background a muddy field

Lahore’s new city plan beset by legal challenges and flood worries

Two years after its inauguration, local farmers and activists dispute the legality of land acquisition for Pakistan’s new city megaproject along the Ravi River

Climate disasters

Climate scientists explain Pakistan’s ‘unprecedented’ floods

Unlike the 2010 floods, this year’s disaster is a result of rain-triggered floods amplified by the La Niña weather pattern. As the link with climate change becomes clearer, Pakistan’s government is preparing to demand reparations at this year’s UN climate summit

Post-flood demand for firewood piles pressure on Pakistan’s forests

A man sits on a bench suspended in a metal cage used to traverse a river, a village and mountains in the background

Opinion: India raises the heat on the Indus Waters Treaty

a farmer inspects his damaged cotton field, during the monsoon season in Pakistan

Farmers who lost crops in Pakistan floods struggle without compensation

Climate disasters

As Karachi sinks, residents fight for fair climate solutions

Climate adaptation

Roundtable: After COP27, what’s the path to climate resilience for Pakistan?

Fishers pass along the dry side of the Indus River in Hyderabad, southern Pakistan, in September 2018

climate resilience

Experts welcome ‘futuristic’ initiative to restore Indus River in Pakistan

Dengue surges in waterlogged Pakistan in wake of floods

fires burning in hilly area

Long-term impacts of ‘terrible’ fire season in Pakistan’s mountains

Flood affected people are facing difficulties after submerged into flooded and rainwater, due to poor sewerage system, creating problems for residents,

Opinion: Working with local knowledge only way to save Pakistan from flood disasters

A group of people travel in a boat as it passes submerged houses amid flood waters, following rains and floods during the monsoon season in Mehar, Pakista

Opinion: Pakistan must get rid of colonial mindset on water

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What melting Tibetan glaciers reveal about disease and global warming

boy hanging on to taut rope in flood

Interview: Climate change only one factor in Pakistan flood devastation

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