Islamabad – Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Sunday sought four months time from Islamabad for financing Pakistan’s Diamir Bhasha dam project, sources said. According to sources this request was made by Country Director ADB Werner Liepach during meeting with Finance Minister Ishaq Dar in Islamabad today. The Manila headquartered bank has been examining Pakistan’s request for financial support of the project as part of long term effort to overcome power shortages in the country. The…
Posts published in January 2015
By Shabbir Mir in The Express Tribune, January 9th, 2015 GILGIT: Gilgit River became a breeding ground for pollution after a group of low-grade officials of the municipal administration started disposing waste by it earlier this week. According to insiders, the officials began dumping waste near the Reinforced Concrete (RCC) Bridge in Konodas. This has negatively impacted the scenic beauty of the river and contaminated the water for people living downstream. A heap of waste…
By Shabbir Mir in The Express Tribune, January 8th, 2015 GILGIT: Lawyers in Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) have urged the federal government to either bring the region within the purview of Pakistan’s constitution or provide it with a separate constitution. The firm stance comes at a time when the region is preparing for elections this year. A caretaker set-up has already been put in place with a mandate to hold elections within 90 days after the Pakistan…
MUZAFFARABAD: More than 50,000 employees across Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) began an indefinite strike on Thursday, demanding exemplary action against senior minister Chaudhry Yaseen over his alleged involvement in a brawl and in nepotism. The legislative assembly session of January 8 was also postponed because of the strike. Hundreds of workers, officers and bureaucrats gathered in front of the Civil Secretariat here and chanted slogans against the senior minister who had scuffled with the…