Claim

Pakistan's newspaper Dawn has reported that the Rice Canal is receiving only 5,300 cusecs against 8,700 (a 38% shortfall), the Dadu Canal only 860 cusecs against about 5,000 (82% less), and the North Western Canal 2,100 cusecs against about 6,200 (a 64.1% shortfall).

“पाकिस्तान का वो अखबार... डॉन उसने दावा किया है... राइस नहर में 8700 क्यूसिक के मुकाबले अभी उनको मिल रहा है केवल 5300 क्यूसिक पानी... दादू नहर... 860 क्यूसेस ही मिल रहा है... नॉर्थ वेस्टर्न नहर... अभी... 2100... 64.1% की कमी।”

Rationale

The anchor attributed the figures to Pakistan's Dawn newspaper, and Dawn did publish exactly these numbers. Dawn (news/2005737) reports Rice Canal at 5,300 vs 8,700 cusecs (-38.0%), Dadu Canal at 860 cusecs against roughly 5,000 (-82.0%), and North Western Canal at 2,100 cusecs against about 6,200 (-64.1%) — matching the cusec values, the approximate allocations, and all three percentage shortfalls stated on air. The claim is a faithful report of Dawn's coverage of Sindh's Kharif-season canal water shortage.

Evidence

• https://www.dawn.com/news/2005737 Dawn article 'Irrigation water shortage in Sindh reaches alarming level' states verbatim: 'the prevailing shortfall across the canal network has reached an alarming level — North West Canal (-) 64.1%, Rice Canal (-) 38.0% and Dadu Canal (-) 82.0%.' Allocations vs provided: North West Canal 6,260 vs 2,100 cusecs; Rice Canal 8,700 vs 5,300 cusecs; Dadu Canal 4,995 vs 860 cusecs — matching every figure in the claim. ✓ reachable · archived
• https://www.dawn.com/news/2006698 Companion Dawn report 'Punjab draws excess water as Sindh and Balochistan face severe shortages' corroborates the same flows: Rice Canal 5,300/8,700 cusecs, Dadu Canal 860 cusecs (most critical deficit), North West Canal 2,100 cusecs, attributing the crisis to Punjab drawing excess Indus water. ✓ reachable · archived