LAHORE: Exim Bank of China will provide Pakistan $448 million for the strategically important 969-megawatt Neelum Jhelum Hydropower Project and an agreement in this connection has been signed between the two sides. “This agreement is a significant development in efforts to secure financial resources for (completing) the remaining work on under-construction Neelum Jhelum Hydropower Project,” said a press release issued by the Water and Power Development Authority here on Tuesday. The Neelum Jhelum project, being…
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By Shabbir Mir in The Express Tribune, May 29th, 2013. GILGIT: Mehdi Shah, the chief minister of Gilgit-Baltistan, warned Nawaz Sharif against ‘meddling’ with the PPP-led government in the region. “Attempts to dislodge our government will lead to a contest closely observed by the media and the public,” he told reporters on Tuesday. However, Shah admitted this was a defensive stance, with no visible provocation as yet from the PML-N camp. “We are sure he…