ISLAMABAD: Deputy Commandant, National Police Academy (NPA), Capt (R) Usman Zikria, Police Service of Pakistan (PSP) officer of BS-20, has been appointed as Inspector General of Police (IGP) of Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) on Friday in place of IGP Hussain Asghar who was suspended on the order of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, the Establishment Division sources said. Zikria, belonging to 19 CTP, has served in the Islamabad Police as Assistant Superintendent of Police, Superintendent of Police…
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By Munawar Hasan in The News, Aug 11 LAHORE: Work on Neelum-Jhelum Hydropower Project (NJHP) has suffered a big blow due to lack of funding, sources said on Friday. The Chinese contractor has started suspending work on various sections of the project with the passing of the deadline that had been given for the release of Rs7.8 billion in funds. The contractor has told the Ministry of Water and Power about its inability to continue…
ISLAMABAD, Aug 10: The World Bank has reportedly offered funding to induce Pakistan to take up the Dasu power project in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and delay for 10 years the strategically more important Diamer-Bhasha dam in Gilgit-Baltistan. That appeared to be the crux of the proceedings of Senate Standing Committee on Water and Power here on Friday, even though top bureaucrats tried to satisfy the committee that Pakistan’s sovereign decision on the matter maintained focus on…