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.

A child swims in a polluted river with a mound of trash in the background in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
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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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