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Posts published in “Day: June 4, 2013

JI against talks with India minus Kashmir issue

LAHORE: Jamaat e Islami (JI) central Shoora has stressed upon the new government to not resume dialogue with India until New Delhi agrees to grant the right of self determination to Kashmiris in accordance with the UN resolutions. In a resolution adopted by Shoora, the JI said talks with India without resolving Kashmir issue and river waters issue was tantamount to treachery with Kashmiris and stabbing them in the back. It said India’s state terrorism…

Dam dispute: edit in The News, June 4

Now is not the time to be getting into a squabble about power-generation projects. Pakistan is a country that is quite literally dying of power shortages, and to find that one of the future projects on which much hinges, the Diamer-Bhasha Dam (DBD) is endangered is bad news indeed. From the contents of a note circulated by the former chairman of Wapda, who is the current adviser to the minister of water and power on…