Pakistan Water Week 2025
Pakistan Water Week, the country’s most prominent platform for advancing strategic dialogues and partnerships around the water-energy-food-environment nexus, takes place this year under the theme, From scarcity to sustainability: Collaborative pathways for water, food, and climate resilience. The event serves as a dynamic platform where policymakers, international experts, researchers, development practitioners, youth leaders and civil society organizations gather to co-create and share innovative, climate-resilient solutions for Pakistan’s water and food security challenges.
IWMI sessions at Pakistan Water Week
Monday, November 3, 2025
| Time | Session | Location |
| 10:00-11:00 | Inaugural session
Muhammad Ashraf (speaker), Rachael McDonnell (speaker |
Kehkashan Hall 1 |
| 11:30-13:00 | Plenary session: Development partners’ priorities in water and climate
Mohsin Hafeez (moderator), Johan Gely (speaker) |
Kehkashan Hall 1 |
| 14:00-15:30 | From vulnerability to resilience: Climate action against floods
Muhammad Arshad (moderator) |
Kehkashan Hall 1 |
| 14:00-15:30 | Innovations and institutional policy pathways for accelerating inclusive water governance in Pakistan
Mohsin Hafeez (moderator), Salman Siddiqui (rapporteur), Johan Gely (speaker) |
Kehkashan Hall 2 |
| 14:00-15:30 | The future of water: Accelerating AI-driven solutions for irrigation through partnerships and innovation
Sarfraz Munir (moderator), Naqash Taj Abbasi (rapporteur), Mariangel Garcia Andarcia (speaker), Hafsa Aeman (speaker) |
Kehkashan Hall 3 |
| 16:00-17:30 | Ensuring urban water security: Implementation of water sensitive cities concept
Naveed Iqbal (moderator) |
Kehkashan Hall 1 |
| 16:00-17:30 | Groundwater governance: Integrating monitoring into sustainable management approaches
Muhammad Ashraf (moderator), Kaleem Ullah (speaker) |
Kehkashan Hall 2 |
| 16:00-17:30 | Climate-responsive social protection systems: Potential and prospects for Pakistan
Iqra Akram (rapporteur), Novaira Junaid (speaker) |
Kehkashan Hall 3 |
Tuesday, November 4, 2025
| Time | Session | Location |
| 9:00-11:00 | Indus and beyond: Shaping the next era of irrigation in Pakistan
Muhammad Ashraf (moderator), Mohsin Hafeez (speaker), Rachael McDonnell (speaker) |
Kehkashan Hall 1 |
| 11:30-13:00 | Development partners’ coordination forum for water and climate sector in Indus basin: Special session on flood management
Mohsin Hafeez (host) |
Kehkashan Hall 1 |
| 11:30-13:00 | Achieving food security: Drought forecasting and management systems
Muhammad Jehanzeb Cheema (moderator) |
Kehkashan hall 3 |
| 14:00-15:30 | Climate smart water management for resilient food and water systems
Muhammad Ashraf (moderator) |
Kehkashan Hall 1 |
| 14:00-15:30 | Policy dialogue on gender equality and social inclusion for resilient water, food and energy systems
Kanwal Waqar (moderator), Iqra Akram (rapporteur) |
Kehkashan Hall 2 |
| 14:00-15:30 | Sustainable future with Water-Energy-Food-Environment Nexus and data driven technologies
Mohsin Hafeez (moderator), Asif Naseer (rapporteur), Bunyod Holmatov (panelist), Habib Ullah Bodla (speaker) |
Kehkashan Hall 3 |
Wednesday, November 5, 2025
| Time | Session | Location |
| 9:00-11:00 | Pre-COP 30 – UN Climate change conference – Belem, November 2025
Mohsin Hafeez (moderator), Rachael McDonnell (panelist) |
Kehkashan Hall 1 |
| 11:30-13:00 | Climate resilient agriculture in water-stressed region: Opportunities and challenges
Naveed Iqbal (rapporteur), Syed Khair (speaker), Abdul Hakeem (speaker) |
Kehkashan Hall 1 |
| 11:30-13:00 | Interactive dialogue of Pakistan water panel for Transformative futures
Mohsin Hafeez (moderator), Kanwal Waqar (rapporteur), Tahir Ali (rapporteur) |
Kehkashan Hall 2 |
| 11:30-13:00 | Water accounting – A pathway to smarter and sustainable water management
Hafsa Aeman (moderator), Muhammad Zohaib (rapporteur), Habib Ullah Bodla (panelist), Nada Velpuri (speaker), Umar Waqas Liaqat (speaker) |
Kehkashan Hall 3 |
| 14:00-15:30 | Early warning systems for enhancing forest risk management and watershed resilience in arid and semi-arid regions
Salman Siddiqui (moderator), Abdul Hakeem (rapporteur), Bunyod Holmatov (speaker), Syed Khair (speaker) |
Kehkashan Hall 1 |
| 14:00-15:30 | Parliamentarians shaping pathways for water, food and climate resilience through inclusive reforms
Mohsin Hafeez (moderator), Kanwal Waqar (rapporteur), Rachael McDonnell (speaker) |
Kehkashan Hall 2 |
| 14:00-15:30 | Enhancing water productivity across the Indus and Ganges Basins: Pathways to sustainable food and water systems
Iqra Akram (moderator), Kaleem Ullah (rapporteur), Alok Sikka (speaker), Tahir Ali (speaker) |
Kehkashan Hall 3 |
Thursday, November 6, 2025
| Time | Session | Location |
| 9:30-11:00 | Financing resilience: Pakistan’s loss and damage pathways
Naveed Iqbal (rapporteur) |
Kehkashan Hall 1 |
| 9:30-11:00 | Policy to practice – journey of Balochistan water legislations
Kanwal Waqar (panelist) |
Kehkashan Hall 2 |
| 9:30-11:00 | Hydro-economic modeling for effective climate smart water management
Muhammad Tahir Ali (rapporteur), Mohsin Hafeez (speaker) |
Kehkashan Hall 3 |
| 11:30-13:00 | From stories to scale-up: Youth-led climate pathways for a water secure future
Kanwal Waqar (moderator), Naqash Taj Abasi (rapporteur), Johan Gely (speaker), Mohsin Hafeez (speaker), Hafsa Aeman (speaker) |
Kehkashan Hall 2 |
| 11:30-13:00 | Empowering agriculture: The role of solar irrigation in safeguarding Pakistan’s water resources
Kaleem Ullah (moderator), Zain Akbar (rapporteur), Darshini Ravindranath (speaker), Novaira Junaid (speaker) |
Kehkashan Hall 3 |
| 14:00-16:30 | Summary of thematic areas/sessions
Johan Gely (speaker), Rachael McDonnell (speaker), Muhammad Ashraf (speaker) |
Kehkashan Hall 1 |
IWMI delegates at Pakistan Water Week
Muhammad Arshad
Naga Manohar Velpuri
Kanwal Waqar
