by Zafar Bhutta in The Express Tribune, Dec 26, 2023ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is aggressively pursuing arrangements to secure $1 billion promptly to progress towards achieving financial closure for the strategic Diamer Basha Dam project. Sources indicate the country needs approximately $3.5 billion for this purpose. During the recent visit of Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar to Kuwait, Pakistan and the gulf state had signed an agreement to raise capital for the project. Diamer Basha Dam…
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by Sahan Tennekoon in The Daily Morning, August 15, 2023The main Parliamentary Opposition party, the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) has claimed that despite other current issues requiring more attention, President Ranil Wickremesinghe and his Government are prioritising the implementation of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution with the underhanded purpose of obtaining the votes of minority communities in an upcoming election. Speaking at a media briefing, SJB National Organiser and Parliamentarian Tissa Attanayake claimed that…