by Khalid Mustafa in the News, July 27 ISLAMABAD: In another shocking revelation, after India on June 25 laid the foundation stone of the 850-MW Ratle Hydroelectric Project (RHP) on Chenab River in Jammu and Kashmir, another row of 60 back-to-back water cum power projects is coming up in the Chenab basin of Himachal Pradesh and Indian-held Kashmir, reveals a document available with The News. Chenab irrigates the central part (Sialkot, Narowal, Gujranwala, Sheikhupura, Depalpur,…
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MUZAFFARABAD: The no-confidence motion – moved against Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Prime Minister Chaudhry Abdul Majid – was taken back on Friday, Express News reported. The move comes after Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif asked Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz’s (PML-N) members to stay impartial on the issue. Two members of the Azad Kashmir Legislative Assembly (MLAs) from the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) had submitted the no-trust motion against him on July 22 in…
SKARDU: Gilgit police nabbed two alleged terrorists from Al Saba Chowk and also recovered a local-made bomb, on Friday. SSP Ali Zia claimed that the two suspected terrorists wanted to attack a mosque during the holy month of Ramazan but they were arrested on receipt of secret information. During interrogation, they both confessed that they belonged to Gilgit and got training from South Waziristan. http://dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2013\07\27\story_27-7-2013_pg7_9
GILGIT, July 26: The six months extension given to vice-chancellor of the Karakuram International University by President Asif Ali Zardari has resulted in divisions among faculty, ruining the educational environment of this newly established institution of higher learning in the region. During a meeting called the other day for nominating two faculty members in the varsity senate turned into a battlefield as faculty members came to blows and hurled abuses at each other. “It looked…