Water pipes run next to a waterway covered in garbage in Karachi.
Photographer: Asim Hafeez/BloombergA Water Crisis Is Brewing Between South Asia’s Arch-Rivals
Women and children walk miles each day in search for water in a crowded, downtrodden district of Pakistan’s financial capital, Karachi — a scene repeated in cities throughout the country.
Across the border in India, government research indicates about three-quarters of people don’t have drinking water at home and 70 percent of the country’s water is contaminated.