ON Tuesday, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa information minister announced that a special security force for the protection of passengers using the Karakoram Highway was being raised. This announcement, coming in the wake of several deadly ambushes on the highway and on the route connecting Quetta to Iran, should be welcomed. Nevertheless, it is hoped that the exercise in planning protection for these vulnerable routes is undertaken keeping the state’s capacity in mind. Most of those pulled…
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MIRPUR: Protests have erupted in many areas following acute shortage of drinking water not only for residents but also for the industrial zones in Mirpur – a city dubbed the industrial district of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK). “The old industrial zone close to the city is among the areas facing severe shortage of water for the past three weeks,” an industrialist said in an emergency meeting of the Mirpur Marble Association held the other…
ISLAMABAD: The United States has shown its willingness to partially finance the gigantic Diamer Bhasha Dam to ease water and power shortages in Pakistan and this comes at a time when multilateral donors have backed down on assurances of funds following Indian objections. “Diamer Bhasha Dam needs massive financing and we can extend partial assistance for the project,” US Agency for International Development (USAID) Country Director Jock Conly told The Express Tribune on the sidelines…
ISLAMABAD: In related developments, an official of the Economic Affairs Division (EAD) told a parliamentary panel here on Wednesday that Japan has agreed to provide machinery and equipment worth $4 billion for the Diamer Bhasha Dam. While addressing the panel, he also said that Japan had agreed to cooperate in extending the power generation capacity of the Mangla dam. While briefing the Senate Standing Committee on Water and Power, the EAD official added that the…