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Published on: 09/02/2008

PESHAWAR, Feb 7: More than two million population of the provincial capital of North West Frontier Province drinks contaminated water, environmental scientists at Pakistan Council for Scientific and Industrial Research reveals in a latest report.

“Except a section of Hayatabad Township, water in the rest of the city is not safe for drinking,” said Mumtaz Khan, a scientist at PCSIR who had recently completed a survey on quality of drinking water in Peshawar, the largest city of the province.

Source: Sadia Qasim Shah, Dawn, 8 Feb 2008

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