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Pakistan’s National Drinking Water Policy 2009 aims to provide a guiding framework to the Federal Government, Provincial Governments, State of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), Federally Administered Northern Areas (FANA), Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), Local Governments, development authorities, and other organizations to address the key issues and challenges facing Pakistan in the provision of sustainable access to safe drinking water.
The Policy complements, and will be implemented in coordination with, the National Environment Policy, National Sanitation Policy, National Water Policy and other related policies of the Government of Pakistan for protection and improvement of public health and quality of life.
The Federal Government, Provincial Governments, AJK, and Federally Administered Territories will devise their own strategies, plans, and programmes in pursuit of this policy.
The overall goal of the National Drinking Water Policy is to improve the quality of life of people of Pakistan by reducing incidence of death and illness caused by water borne diseases through ensuring provision of adequate quantity of safe drinking water to the entire population at an affordable cost and in an equitable, efficient and sustainable manner.
The Policy was retrieved from the Ministry of Climate Change and Environmental Coordination and approved by the Federal Cabinet on 28 September 2009.
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