WASHINGTON: The World Bank and the United States have both reconfirmed their commitment to financing the Diamer-Bhasha dam, Finance Minister Hafeez Shaikh told a briefing here on Monday. Diamer-Bhasha is an under-construction roller-compacted concrete dam on the Indus River in Gilgit-Baltistan. Upon completion, it would produce 4,500 megawatts of electricity through hydropower generation; store an extra 8,500,000 acre feet of water, extend the life of Tarbela Dam by 35 years and help control flood. Diamer-Bhasha…
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By Shabbir Mir in The Express Tribune, April 24 GILGIT: The Gilgit-Baltistan government announced on Monday the formation of a special highway task force to monitor the security situation on the Karakoram Highway (KKH). “The task force will be led by a serving major of the Pakistan Army while Gilgit-Baltistan Scouts, Frontier Constabulary (FC) and elite units of the police force will be part of it,” said G-B Education Minister Ali Madad Sher, while talking…
GILGIT, April 23: The Gilgit-Baltistan cabinet on Monday approved setting up a new force to eliminate sectarian violence from the region. The meeting was chaired by Chief Minister Syed Mehdi Shah. The meeting was convened to review law and order situation in the region. Later, briefing reporters about decisions taken in the cabinet meeting the administration spokesperson and Education Minister Dr Ali Madad Sher said a joint force comprising 400 personnel taken from police, Punjab…
MUZAFFARABAD, April 23: Leader of the opposition in AJK Legislative Assembly and PML-N AJK chapter president Raja Farooq Haider on Monday announced to file a disqualification reference against Prime Minister Chaudhry Abdul Majeed for his alleged remarks against the superior judiciary of Pakistan. “Mr Majeed has used highly objectionable language against the honourable judges of the apex court which is unbecoming of a person holding the office of prime minister. “In doing so he has…