<!--QuoteBegin-Viren+Jan 17 2009, 04:14 AM-->QUOTE(Viren @ Jan 17 2009, 04:14 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->Nareshji, you think this factors in the population growth in Pakistan in past 60 years?
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<b>Viren Ji :</b>
Absolutely and Entirely!
From : PAKISTAN POPULATION CENSUS ORG
<b>PAKISTAN : POPULATION BY PROVINCE/REGION SINCE 1951</b>
You will note that the Pakistani Population in 1953 was 33.740167 Million at that time <b>Pakistan's per capita water availability was 5,650 in 1951,</b>
<b>Now the Estimated Population of Pakistan on Jan 16, 2009 is 165381000</b>
However though the Pakistani Governmentâs Population Figure is 165.381 Million various Pakistani commentators have indicated Pakistani Population to be about 175-180 Million
As such Pakistani Population has gone up nearly Six Times thereby the Per Capita availability should be about One Sixth and thus the current Figure of 1,200 Cubic Metres would be rather optimistic.
The following is from Chapter Seven The Final Settlement: Restructuring India-Pakistan Relations, 2005
<b>Chapter Seven : Lifeline</b>
<b>Pakistan</b>
Pakistan's per capita availability of water has declined from 5600 cubic metres in 1947 to 1200 cubic metres in 2005, <b>fast approaching the threshold level of 1000 cubic metres by 2007</b>
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