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Irrigated agriculture constitutes a large share in the economy of Pakistan. Majority of the population is directly or indirectly dependent on this sector. The poverty alleviation drives and overall economic development of the country is linked with the progress in this sector. This, in turn, is based on availability of water that is becoming scarce following earlier two decades of affluence. The scarcity of water has a direct linkage with phenomenally growing population on one hand and, alongside, gross mismanagement of the water resources that includes very low efficiency in the use of water. This study provides a hashish appraisal of the complex casualties and implications of this dreadful scenario. The analysis of water issue in Pakistan is analyzed with the help of PEDA model, encompassing the variables of population, environment, development and agriculture. Though the challenges keep multiplying, yet there seems no significant and viable policy framework that may address or, at least, relieve this state of high stress. The opinion and resources keep squeezing, the population keeps multi dying and the economy stays in disarray.. The analysis of water issue in Pakistan is analyzed with the help of PEDA model, encompassing the variables of population, environment, development and agriculture. In context of water Pakistan went from surplus in 1950 to relatively abundant in 1980; water stressed by about 2010 and will be water scarcity by 2035.