Development versus pollution in Pakistan
Political pressure to prioritize industrial development, and the inability of enforcement agencies to punish polluters, is part of the reason why up to 40 percent of all patients in Pakistani hospitals are suffering from water-borne diseases. IRIN explores what can be done to clean up the water supply.
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