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Unsafe drinking water affects thousands in Pakistan
A majority of the 193 million population has access only to severely polluted water. Every year over 50,000 children die of diarrhoea.

Reuters
A child swims in a polluted river with a mound of trash in the background in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
Years of mismanagement and pollution have left Pakistan the third most water-stressed country in the world.
More than two-thirds of households drink contaminated water and, as a result, every year 53,000 children die of diarrhoea.
For most Pakistanis, just being able to turn on the tap and get clean water is a luxury they can only dream about.
TRT World's Christine Pirovolakis reports.
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