Water Pollution as an Environmental Hazard to Life and Response from the Legal System of Pakistan

Abstract

Water is one of the basic and key sources for the survival of living organisms on the face of earth. On the base of water availability with the passage of time the demand for water has been increased to a High level, and this increase has resulted in worsening the quality as well as the quantity of fresh and portable water supply in the state. Fresh and portable water as a valuable thing causes apprehension being a delectable resource due to the ecological problems connected to its debasement. Preservation of the portable and accessibility to the quality water resources nevertheless, is with the passage of time became the challenge of the day as we are faced with many serious environmental issues. May be, its due to that reason that in our societies the protection of water is not that much appreciated due to the availability of water resource.

This this paper is aimed to highlight the current position of water pollution in Pakistan and to assess the adverse impact of the water contamination on the people of Pakistan.