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…
Posts published in June 2013
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…
Gilgit Town left high and dry despite plenty of water: By Shabbir Mir in The Express Tribune, June 3 GILGIT: An acute water shortage has hit Gilgit Town, leaving thousands of residents affected for the past two days. The crisis-hit areas include Kashrote, Sonikote, Nagral, Jutial and Majini Mohalla, which constitute nearly 30% of the total population. According to a rough estimate, the shortage has affected more than 10,000 people. Residents were found looking for…
LAHORE: A spokesperson of the Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) has strongly refuted the contention contained in a report published in daily The News on May 31, 2013, regarding construction of Diamer Basha Dam, wherein it has been alleged that the sitting Wapda chairman prefers Dasu Hydropower Project to Daimer Basha Dam. The spokesperson made it clear that Wapda is executing Diamer Basha Dam as a priority project and Dasu has never been…