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Thirsty Ground, Hungry State

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

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Dec 17, 2025
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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 Balochista…

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