Year: 2025

ISLAMABAD: In a bid to strengthen water management and planning amid growing climate challenges, Pakistan has launched a new initiative — the Climate Resilient and Adaptive Water Allocation Programme (CRAWAP) — with technical and financial support from the Government of Australia. Under the five-year project, Australia has provided a grant of three million Australian dollars to enhance the capacity of the Indus River System Authority (IRSA) and provincial governments in accurately forecasting intra-season water availability. The programme aims to improve decision-making for water allocation across the Indus Basin, one of…

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ISLAMABAD: A new World Bank policy research working paper has found that Pakistan’s actual level of urbanisation stands at nearly 88 per cent, significantly higher than the 39 per cent reported in official statistics. Titled “When Does a Village Become a Town?: Revisiting Pakistan’s Urbanisation Using Satellite Data”, the study employs satellite imagery and the Degree of Urbanisation (DoU) methodology to assess population density and settlement patterns. It concludes that Pakistan’s urban population is almost twice the size reflected in administrative data, which only accounts for major cities and ignores…

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