KOTLI: Azad Jammu Kashmir minister for local government and Hydel Power generation, Chaudhry Yasin has said that the under- construction Neelam-Jhelum hydro power project will complete in 2016 and it will generate 969MW of electricity. Speaking to a ceremony here, he said that this mega hydel project will also generate a huge annual income of Rs450 billion for federal and Rs20 billion for AJK governments. http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-2-133137-969MW-Neelam-Jhelum-power-project
Posts published in “Day: September 21, 2012”
By Zafar Bhutta in The Express Tribune, September 21 ISLAMABAD: The Planning Commission (PC) has proposed that the 969-megawatt Neelum Jhelum hydropower project can be registered as a public limited company – a move that will pave the way for floating its shares in the open market to raise funds and complete the project. The proposal comes in the face of a sharp increase in project cost, which has jumped 225% to Rs274.8 billion against…
GILGIT: The Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) High Court Bar Association and the Gilgit District Bar Association have rejected the Supreme Appellate Court Bar Association’s assertion that judges from lower courts should not be elevated to the apex court. “Preventing elevation of judges from lower courts to G-B’s apex court is a violation of Governance Order 2009,” said G-B High Court Bar Association President Javed Khan, while addressing a news conference here on Wednesday. He was referring to…
By Shabbir Mir in The Express Tribune, Sept 21 GILGIT: To travel to Gilgit has become an ordeal owing to the dilapidated condition of land routes connecting the region to the rest of the country. Natural calamities and neglect by concerned authorities have taken a toll on the Karakoram Highway (KKH) and Babusar Road, making the commute between Gilgit and Rawalpindi / Islamabad a tedious one. “I frequently travel between Gilgit and Islamabad and I…