PeshawarA one day seminar on “climate change in water resources of Pakistan: Challenges and opportunities” was held here Friday.. The seminar was organized by the Department of Agricultural Engineering UET Peshawar. The Chairman Prof Dr. Zia ulHaq opened the seminar said, as part of outreach programme the seminar was aimed to create awareness on climate change and share the latest trends on climate change impact mitigation and adaptation strategies with young researchers and academicians.
Engr. Muhammad Nawaz, Water Resources Management Specialist USAID, with thirty years of field experience in water resource management and Alumnus of Department of Agricultural Engineering UET Peshawar was the guest speaker. He said, Pakistan is blessed with a unique geographical location with a vigorous monsoon system and a robust network of rivers however, climate changes over the last few years have put the country at risk especially the water resource management systems. He said, there is a need to adopt different approaches to put the country out of water crisis as it was noticed in South Africa in 2018 when the country reached to “zero day”. He said, Pakistan has more 8 % water resources for 1 percent of population as compared to China. India and other South Asian countries, but the question is how Pakistan can transform the massive blue potential into blue economy.
