Surface-water availability in 2025-26 ~92.0 MAF.
Source
Pakistan Economic Survey — https://finance.gov.pk/survey/chapter_26/Complete_PES2025_26.pdf. Verified in source set / retroactive normalization pending.
What it proves
Pakistan operated below historical system-use benchmark.
What it does not prove: 92.0 MAF is one year's surface-water availability, and a single year cannot distinguish a dry season from a structural decline in the system. It also measures water entering the canal system, not water reaching crops, and says nothing about the groundwater pumping farmers use to cover the gap.
Memory hook: 92 MAF → an unremarkable year that still ran short of the canal benchmark
Rebuts the claim: "Pakistan only faces a water crisis in drought or flood years" — an ordinary year already delivered below the system's own long-run usage benchmark.