Lahore Chamber organizes 'World Water Day' seminar.

LAHORE -- Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) here on Thursday organized a seminar to mark the World Water Day in which water experts, institutions related to water resources, academia and a large number of civil society members participated.

On this occasion, LCCI Senior Vice President Chaudhry Zafar Mahmood spoke about worst effects of climate change on Pakistan and said that there was dire need for planning to resolve water problems. "If timely measures are not taken, a famine situation may arise in Pakistan after a few years," he feared.

Former LCCI presidents Abdul Basit, Engineer Sohail Lashari, Sindh Basin Water Council Chairman Sulaiman Khan, Engineer MH Siddiqui, Engineer Najam Waheed President of Pakistan Engineering Congress, Dr. Zahid Siddiqui, Dr. Shahid Ali, Dr. Waseem, Mehdi Atta Ghazali, Air Vice Marshal (R) Anwar Mehmood Khan, Zahid Javed Raja, Afzal Goraya, Iftikhar Randhawa, Captain Qadeer, Colonel (R) Ashfaq Hussain, Shahid Karim Mazari, Faisal Arshad, Rana Ameer Muhammad Khan, Rana Shahid, Engineer Mushtaq, Prof. Siddiqui and Dr. Javed and a large number of civil society members expressed their views on the subject. Engineer Shamsul Mulk and Peer Dr. Mehdi Raza Shah Sajjada Nishin Lal Shehbaz Qalandar...