{"id":46417,"date":"2025-05-13T09:03:17","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T09:03:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/?p=46417"},"modified":"2025-05-13T09:03:17","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T09:03:17","slug":"the-9th-international-water-conference-concluded-with-commitment-of-water-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/the-9th-international-water-conference-concluded-with-commitment-of-water-security\/","title":{"rendered":"The 9th International Water Conference Concluded with Commitment of Water Security."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-46419\" src=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Water-Security-COMSTECH.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"327\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Water-Security-COMSTECH.jpg 500w, https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Water-Security-COMSTECH-300x196.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>Islamabad :\u00a0The two days 9th International Conference on \u201cWater Security and Socio Economic Development was concluded on 7th May, 2025 at COMSTECH Secretariat .<\/p>\n<p>The Conference was a joint effort of OIC-COMSTECH, Riphah International University, PCRWR, and WATER-Aid and University of Haripur .<\/p>\n<p>The closing session of the Conference featured summaries from the six interactive technical sessions which got to the heart not only of what water is, but what it can be: a driver of equality, a solution to the climate crisis, a facilitator of peace, and, much more.<\/p>\n<p>Eighty Six research papers\/poster presentation were presented by the researchers under six sub-themes included; Environment and Climate Change, Food and Agriculture, Glaciology and Snow Hydrology, Navigating the Challenges of WASH, Circular Water Economy, Policy, and Governance, AI for Water Security.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"FhQ1tllJUv\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/international-water-conference-2025-to-showcase-over-100-research-papers-on-water-challenges-and-innovations-starts-at-oic-comstech%db%94\/\">International Water Conference 2025 to Showcase Over 100 Research Papers on Water Challenges and Innovations, starts at OIC- COMSTECH\u06d4<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;International Water Conference 2025 to Showcase Over 100 Research Papers on Water Challenges and Innovations, starts at OIC- COMSTECH\u06d4&#8221; &#8212; Pakistan In the World\" src=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/international-water-conference-2025-to-showcase-over-100-research-papers-on-water-challenges-and-innovations-starts-at-oic-comstech%db%94\/embed\/#?secret=9wwsX2o5rB#?secret=FhQ1tllJUv\" data-secret=\"FhQ1tllJUv\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In the closing ceremony the speakers, the speakers appreciated the efforts of the respective Universities and R&amp;D Organizations for holding an iconic conference and hoped that the evidence based recommendations of the conference deliberation will influence our policy framework and to be meticulously implemented.<\/p>\n<p>The conference paved the way for the youth researchers to present their research work, learn from peers and participate in national research endeavors. It was stressed that only a knowledge-based society can bring socio-economic development with a people-centric approach.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore Cooperation between upper and lower riparian stakeholders is crucial for ensuring fair and sustainable water resource management. It is imperative that we adopt a proactive and holistic approach by taking policy initiatives in the best national interest of water sector.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"FuIHnBV8ow\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/pakistan-in-the-world-may-2025\/\">Pakistan in the World \u2013 May 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Pakistan in the World \u2013 May 2025&#8221; &#8212; Pakistan In the World\" src=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/pakistan-in-the-world-may-2025\/embed\/#?secret=rXENCZZQ9v#?secret=FuIHnBV8ow\" data-secret=\"FuIHnBV8ow\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad :\u00a0The two days 9th International Conference on \u201cWater Security and Socio Economic Development was concluded on 7th May, 2025 at COMSTECH Secretariat . The Conference was a joint effort of OIC-COMSTECH, Riphah International University, PCRWR, and WATER-Aid and University of Haripur . The closing session of the Conference featured summaries from the six interactive [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":46419,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[106],"tags":[1824,697,251,443,52],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46417"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46417"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46417\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46421,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46417\/revisions\/46421"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}