by Ahmad Rafay Alam The writer is an advocate of the high court and a member of the adjunct faculty at LUMS The word “riparian” has been appearing in the media far too frequently for my liking. It’s usually preceded by the adjective “lower” and usually followed by an irrational rant about how the “upper riparian” is taking advantage. This is unsettling because, as one knows, when the word “riparian” becomes part of one’s day-to-day…
Posts published in “Day: March 12, 2010”
ISLAMABAD, March 11: With Pakistan reaching the threshold of water-scarce countries, the government has finalised a Rs40 billion out-of-court agreement with 30,000 families to be affected by the proposed Bhasha-Diamer dam. “Pakistan’s per capita water availability, which was more than 5,000 cusecs in 1950, has come down to 1,000 cusecs per day because the nation has not been able to build a dam in almost four decades,” the Minister for Water and Power, Raja Pervaiz…
The author is an MPhil in Social and Cultural Anthropology; and currently works as a development consultant cum researcher at national and international level. The year 2010 witnessed a natural disaster, which did not indicate a good omen to the people of Pakistan, particularly to the dwellers of the Indus River and Gilgit-Baltistan, resulting in result of a dangerous battle between the nature and the humans. January 4, 2010 caused disaster at considerable scale when…
MUZAFFARABAD, March 11: AJK chapter of the Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) has threatened to go on complete strike across the region from March 16 if its demands were not met. Mir Mohammad Naeem, senior-vice president of PMA-AJK, however told Dawn here on Thursday that emergency medical cover would be provided at all healthcare facilities even during the strike. He said the strike would end only after the issuance of notification regarding the acceptance of their…