Tag: Diamer-Bhasha Dam

US, USAID and WB against Diamer-Bhasha Dam, claims WAPDA chairman

ISLAMABAD: Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) Chairman Lieutenant General (r) Muzammil Hussain has revealed that the United States (US), United States Agency for International...

PTI to auction PM Imran-signed bat-ball in South Africa dam fundraiser

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government has decided to auction a bat and ball signed by Prime Minister Imran Khan in South Africa to...

NESPAK wins Diamer-Bhasha Dam assignment

LAHORE: In a landmark development, NESPAK has secured a short-term assignment of the Diamer-Bhasha Dam Project through competitive bidding. An agreement has been signed between...

SC asks PTI to settle Diamer-Bhasha boundary dispute

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Friday to find a way to resolve the boundary dispute between Khyber Pakhtunkhwa...

Dam or be damned

--CJP says construction of water reservoirs collective responsibility of nation as int’l symposium on securing Pakistan’s water concludes --Declaration urges federal, provincial govts to take...

NAB to probe ‘graft’ in land acquisition for Diamer-Bhasha Dam

--Anti-graft body to investigate alleged financial embezzlement of billions in land purchase, rehabilitation affectees   ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) had decided to investigate the alleged financial...

PEC offers construction of Diamer Bhasha Dam for Rs500 mn

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC) Chairman Javed Saleem Qureshi on Thursday offered his institution's services for the construction of Diamer Basha Dam with an approximate...

Young GB nationalist exposes ‘plot’ against CPEC

--'Pakistan's enemies exploiting regional issues against CPEC, Diamer-Bhasha Dam'   ISLAMABAD: In a surprising revelation, a young nationalist has exposed a 'plot’ against the multi-billion dollar China-Pakistan...

Diamer-Bhasha Dam: WAPDA requests CAA to start air service at Chilas...

ISLAMABAD: With Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) expediting work on the much delayed Diamer-Bhasha Dam after special interest taken by Chief Justice of Pakistan...

CJP urges speedy disposal of pending cases

--Top judge says number of pending cases has increased even though rate of disposal was higher in 2017 than last five years --Says apex court...

PM-CJP dams fund attracts trolls

Prime Minister Imran Khan's request to overseas Pakistanis to contribute in the dam fund during an “important” 15-minute address to the nation has attracted...

PM-CJP dams fund attracts donors

The dams fund initiated by Prime Minister Imran Khan and Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) has attracted a number of donors from the public...

CJP against taking loans to build dams

--Justice Saqib Nisar donates Rs1 lac during dams fund campaign ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar has spoken against the notion of acquiring...

SC provides impetus to delayed Diamer-Bhasha, Mohmand dams

ISLAMABAD: A comprehensive set of recommendations devised by the Implementation Committee for Diamer-Bhasha and Mohmand Dams (ICDBMD) was placed before the Supreme Court for early...

Activists urge CJP to help impose tobacco tax for dam fund

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar was urged by tobacco control activists to impose a Rs10 tax on each packet of cigarettes...

Work on Diamer-Bhasha Dam to be delayed as KP, GB govts...

Federal govt forms boundary commission to resolve the issue between stakeholders LAHORE: The construction work on Diamer-Bhasha Dam project may face more delay in...

PM Nawaz approves financing plan for Diamer-Bhasha dam, orders work to...

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Monday (today) approved, in principle, the financing plan for the Diamer-Bhasha dam and ordered the secretary of water and power...