{
  "id": 729222,
  "title": "Water-starved citizens ‘squeezed’ further for more Karachi Water and Sewerage Corporation revenue",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/water-starved-citizens-squeezed-further-for-more-karachi-water-and-729222",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-13T03:09:40.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dawn - Pakistan",
    "slug": "dawn-pakistan",
    "url": "https://www.dawn.com/news/2022427/water-starved-citizens-squeezed-further-for-more-karachi-water-and-sewerage-corporation-revenue"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "KARACHI: While the Karachi Water and Sewerage Corporation (KWSC) is widely blamed for failing to provide water in many areas connected to its piped network across the metropolis, the utility has burdened Karachi residents with higher costs as it notified a uniform 7.05 per cent increase in water and sewerage charges for its residential and bulk consumers. The latest increase has marked the second…",
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        "outlet": "Dawn",
        "title": "Water-starved citizens ‘squeezed’ further for more Karachi Water and Sewerage Corporation revenue",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/water-starved-citizens-squeezed-further-for-more-karachi-water-and",
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        "outlet": "Seeking Alpha News",
        "title": "Global Water Resources Non-GAAP EPS of $0.04 misses by $0.01, revenue of $17.8M beats by $1.89M",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/global-water-resources-non-gaap-eps-of-0-04-misses-by-0-01-revenue-of",
        "published": "2026-08-13T04:48:24.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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