Rawalpindi’s Water Crisis: A Test of Governance and National Resolve

As the summer sun beats down on the garrison city of Rawalpindi, the faithful citizens are enduring an acute water shortage that has exposed the cracks in our civic systems. In the cantonment and city areas alike, families are left to struggle while authorities dither. This is not merely a municipal failure; it is a challenge to our collective responsibility as a nation that prides itself on resilience and faith.

Which areas are worst affected?

In the cantonment, Misrial Road, Afshan Colony, Dhoke Chaudhrian, People’s Colony, Adra, Tench Bhatta, Dhoke Syedan, and Baraf Khana Chowk are parched. In the city, localities along old Airport Road from Koral Chowk to Ammar Chowk suffer as the Capital h