LAHORE: (Friday, February 18, 2022): Punjab University Department of Sociology’s three faculty members have won one and a half year research project for research on inequality, under the National Research Program for Universities (NRPU) of the Higher Education Commission Islamabad, regarding the right and to clean water in Pakistan and its supply across the board. Research on this project will be carried out in all four provinces under the supervision of Associate Professor of Sociology Dr Farhan Naveed Yousaf, Assistant Professor Dr Rizwan Safdar and Assistant Professor Dr Siddique Akbar. The Higher Education Commission Islamabad will release funds of about Rs 3.5 million for this project. Dr Farhan said that the project would further expand the ongoing educational, research and creative activities in PU. He said that according to the World Health Organization, millions of people in the world die every year from several diseases caused by dirty water. He said that research on inequalities in supply of potable water is of paramount importance. Dr Farhan said that the findings of this study would be helpful for policymakers regarding supply of clean water in Pakistan.