Thirsty Ground, Hungry State

How Pakistan’s mining ambitions in Balochistan are colliding with a deepening water crisis and a legacy of neglect

Pakistan’s push to turn itself into a global mining hub is unfolding on a fault line of water scarcity, political resentment and historical neglect. Nowhere is that tension sharper than in Balochistan, a province that sits atop some of the country’s richest mineral deposits yet struggles to supply its own people with safe drinking water. As the race for…