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Posts published in “Day: July 27, 2009

No Nala debate over N. Areas’ budget

GILGIT, July 27: The Northern Areas Legislative Assembly will not be able to discuss the budget for the region as after dissolution of the cabinet there is no one to present the budget for 2009-10 in the house. Speaking at a session of the assembly on Monday, Nala Speaker Malik Mohammad Miskeen said that since the treasury members were no more advisers after dissolution of the cabinet, there would again be seat management in the…

Realignment of Karakoram Highway: The Dawn, July 27

By Khalid Mustafa ISLAMABAD: The $11.3 billion Diamer-Bhasha Dam has hit snags due to 100-kilometre realignment of the Karakoram Highway (KKH), as the National High Authority (NHA) has jacked up its cost projections by a whopping 45 per cent, which is sure to increase the project cost manifold. As a result, sources said, the Wapda had decided to go the course alone and show the door to the NHA. Wapda has also conveyed to the…

French foxes: edit In The News, July 27

Pakistan and France have a history of defence procurement/sales stretching back decades. The navy had its first Daphne-class submarines in 1971, succeeded by the Agosta 70s and 90s both equipped with the Exocet subsurface-to-surface missile. Exocets also equip our Sea King helicopters. We have for decades used the French Breguet Atlantique maritime reconnaissance aircraft; which is now rather long in the tooth and being replaced by the more capable P3C Orion. French Mirage fighters preceded…

Unrest in Gilgit-Baltistan: The Dawn, July 27

By Abbas Ali GILGIT-BALTISTAN is a simmering cauldron of discontent. The continued deprivation of political, economic and human rights is driving the people of this strategic northern end of Pakistan to desperation. They have been fighting for their rights not just since 1947, when they won liberation from Dogra rule, but since Dogra occupation of 1848. A brief review of history will be in order to understand the current hostile attitude of the people towards…