THE perennial jostling at the Indus River System Authority (Irsa) is an indication of the country’s constrained water resources. Although termed ‘renewable’, in reality water replenishment comes with severe limits. Barring Karachi and Hyderabad, the last monsoon rains in the country were 30 per cent below the average amount. No doubt, the vagaries of nature complicate water management. However, the progressively declining availability of water in Pakistan and our inaction over the years should be…
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By Tariq Naqash in The Dawn, Mar 9 MUZAFFARABAD, March 8: Azad Jammu and Kashmir Prime Minister Raja Farooq Haider constituted on Monday a committee to sort out the contentious issue of the mode of payments in the Local Government and Rural Development (LG&RD) department, within a month. The direction came in a meeting of Local Government Coordination Council, which was attended by LG&RD Minister Raja Naseer Ahmed Khan, Additional Chief Secretary (Development) Tariq Mahmood,…