On the Pakistan side, archaeological evidence now available overwhelmingly affirms that the Hakra was a perennial river through all its course in Bahawalpur during the fourth millennium B.C. (Hakra Period) and the early third millennium B.C. (Early Harappan Period).
Source, in full
Mughal, M. Rafique, ‘Recent Archaeological Research in the Cholistan Desert’, in Possehl, Gregory L., (ed.), Harappan Civilization : A Recent Perspective, , p. 94.in Danino, M. (2010). The lost river : on the trail of the Sarasvatī. Penguin Books India.