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Posts published in “Day: May 10, 2013

Diamer-Bhasha Dam: cover up for lies: by Hamid Alvi in the Nation, May 10

The writer is a freelance columnist. Writing in this column a few weeks back, this scribe tried to expose fabrications about the feasibility of Kalabagh Dam and the attempts made by blackmailers to cover up these lies. By quoting from the views and technical reports of national and international experts on dam construction, we had shown that the opinion expressed by opponents of the dam was based on their political outlook and not on the…

PML-N draws G-B’s veteran politicians into its fold

By Shabbir Mir in The Express Tribune, May 10 GILGIT: Anticipating a Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) victory on Election Day, at least a dozen regional politicians from various parties have recently defected to the party in Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B). The newest PML-N members were recruited on Thursday when Haji Qurban, the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Nagar Valley president, and Jan Alam, a politician from Hunza, announced they would be joining the party’s ranks along with their…