Parched Sindh

SINDH comprises 18 per cent of Pakistan’s land mass and 16pc of its total cultivable area.

While the agricultural sector is the lynchpin of the provincial economy, Sindh also contributes about 23pc to the country’s national agricultural value added: 41pc to the national output of rice, 31pc to sugarcane and 21pc to wheat. The rural communities and urban markets rely heavily on the performance of this integral sector.

Although over half of Sindh’s population resides in urban areas...