The University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (UVAS) Lahore in collaboration with Pakistan Centre for Law and Society organized a high-level seminar on “Water Disputes in the 21st Century – The Case of Pakistan in the Global Wars on Water” in City Campus Lahore.
Judge, Lahore High Court Justice Jawad Hassan was graced the seminar as Chief guest.
Barrister Nudra Abdul-Majeed, Advocate Feisal Naqvi, Advocate Rafay Alam, Senior Counsel Bilal Soofi and Dr Qamer Shahid led an intellectual discussion on the water disputes in Pakistan and proposed practical solutions for resolving it.
Pakistan is facing a serious water crisis. The country is rapidly moving from being classified as water “stressed” to water “scarce” in the world and with its annual water availability fall below 1,000 cubic metres per person.
They covered various aspects related to surface of water and ground water problems in Pakistan. The Indus Waters Treaty was also discussed and debated at length.
The audience participated actively in the panel discussion and included representatives from the Indus Water Commission, SGS Pakistan, Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Sindh Water Board, Environmental Sciences Department of Punjab University, postgraduate students of UVAS and lawyers while Prof Dr Aneela Zameer Durrani coordinated the seminar from the University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences.
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