Pakistan launches ‘first-ever’ water, sanitation database amid mounting climate risks

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“This is the first time Pakistan is moving toward a single national framework for tracking the state of water and sanitation services across the country,” said Mohammad Saleem Shaikh, the climate change ministry’s spokesperson and a WASH policy advocacy specialist, describing the initiative as a “major step toward evidence-based governance.”

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“For years, fragmented and outdated data has undermined effective planning and resource allocation. Through a unified national system, we will now be able to identify gaps, direct investments where they are needed most and ensure that every province is working from the same evidence base,” she said.

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Advanced digital tools and artificial intelligence would modernize the country’s WASH data architecture and enable faster and more accurate reporting.

“Pakistan cannot achieve climate resilience without reliable information on who has access to clean water and sanitation, where the gaps are and how public resources are being used,” she said.

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