In Pakistan, the lack of water (15 photos)

In today's Pakistan, there are a number of serious problems: the fight against insurgents, terrorist attacks, low standard of living. Now they added the acute shortage of water, which affects local people and agriculture.




Pakistani boy goes on a dried lake Ravalskogo site in Islamabad, Pakistan, July 4, 2010. (AP / Dita Alangkara)

According to the International Scientific Center of Woodrow Wilson, based in America, one-third of Pakistan's population of 175 million people, suffer from a shortage of drinking water, about 630 children die every day from diarrhea.



Children are waiting at public speakers, while the containers are filled with water. Area on the outskirts of Islamabad, June 26, 2010. (AP / Dita Alangkara)



Boys are at the parched land Ravalskogo Lake in Islamabad, Pakistan, July 4, 2010. (AP / Dita Alangkara)



Legs boy on cracked earth parched land Ravalskogo Lake in Islamabad, Pakistan, July 4, 2010. (AP / Dita Alangkara)



Boy bathing in dirty water. Islamabad, Pakistan, July 1, 2010. (AP / Dita Alangkara)



Pakistani boy drinks water from a public tap in the area on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, on July 26, 2010. (AP / Dita Alangkara)



A boy carries a canister of water from a public water supply. Islamabad, Pakistan, June 22, 2010. (AP / Dita Alangkara)



Pakistanis fill canisters with water from a public tap. Islamabad, Pakistan on June 29, 2010. (AP / Dita Alangkara)



Pakistanis lined up to get water from a public tap. Islamabad, Pakistan, June 22, 2010. (AP / Dita Alangkara)



Pakistani children with dirty dishes going around the pipe from which water pours. Islamabad, Pakistan, June 26, 2010. (AP / Dita Alangkara)



Pakistani barrel fills with water from a public water supply during a sandstorm. Area on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, June 23, 2010. (AP / Dita Alangkara)



The boy is taking a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, June 28, 2010. (AP / Dita Alangkara)



Slum dwellers on the outskirts of Islamabad in Pakistan washes the feet. June 28, 2010. (AP / Dita Alangkara)



Youth sports in the waters of the river on the outskirts of the drying of Islamabad, Pakistan, July 3, 2010. (AP / Dita Alangkara)



Pakistani boy to clean water from a public water supply. Islamabad, Pakistan on June 29, 2010. (AP / Dita Alangkara)

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