Tag: Mohmand Dam

Imran breaks ground for Mohmand Dam

--PM lashes out at previous govts for ignoring important issues such as water shortage --Says provinces would give 3pc NFC share for development of tribal...

PM, ex-CJP to perform Mohmand dam’s groundbreaking on May 2

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan and former chief justice Mian Saqib Nisar are scheduled to perform the ground-breaking of much-awaited Mohmand Dam on May 2...

Work on Mohmand dam to start next week, NA body told

ISLAMABAD: The Standing Committee of the National Assembly on Water Resources Tuesday was informed that construction work on much-awaited Mohmand Dam would start in next...

PM’s adviser denies ‘conflict of interest’ in Mohmand Dam contract

PM's Adviser on Commerce, Textile, Industry and Investment Abdul Razak Dawood has said that the awarding of Mohmand Dam contract to Descon is not...

Opp demands rebidding of Mohmand Dam project

--Water Resources Minister Vawda accuses opposition of hatching conspiracy against dams --Zardari tells NAB chairman to appear before parliament --No foreign power, not even China, can...

Mohmand Dam groundbreaking deferred again

ISLAMABAD: After deferring the ceremony from Jan 2 to 13th, the government has postponed the groundbreaking ceremony of Mohmand Dam for the second time in...

PM to inaugurate Mohmand Dam on Sunday

PESHAWAR: Prime Minister Imran Khan will inaugurate Mohmand Dam project on Sunday. The contract of construction of Mohmand Dam has been given to the company...

Govt draws CJP’s ire for changing Mohmand Dam’s groundbreaking date

--Chief Justice Nisar lashes out at Vawda, says SC collecting funds for dams while govt is only making announcements  --Orders FBR to evaluate if tax...

PM Imran met Mohmand Dam bid winner representatives, claims Dr Saleem

ISLAMABAD: Dr Farrukh Saleem, who was supposed to be appointed as the government’s spokesperson on the economy in October 2018, revealed that economic adviser...

Criticism on Mohmand Dam contract harming country: Fawad

Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain on Friday said criticising the government’s decision to award the contract of Mohmand Dam to Descon was...

PPP asks NAB to probe Mohmand Dam contract

--Awarding contract to Descon-led consortium against law, procedure: PPP's Chaudhry Zaheer Mehmood The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) on Friday asked the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to probe...

WAPDA defends awarding Mohmand Dam contract to Descon

ISLAMABAD:  Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) Chairman General (r) Muzammil Hussain on Wednesday defended the contract of Mohmand Dam's construction given to Adviser to...

PTI leader raises concern over awarding of Mohmand Dam’s contract to...

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Nadeem Afzal Chan has expressed reservations over the awarding of Mohmand Dam contract to Descon - an engineering firm owned...

WAPDA, locals sign agreement to acquire land for Mohmand Dam

--Authority uses bridge financing through its own resources to transfer Rs684m to local administration for land purchase ISLAMABAD: The Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) has entered...

Work on Mohmand dam to start next month: Vawda

ISLAMABAD: Removing all bottlenecks in construction of much awaited Mohmand dam, the government has decided to start work on the project in first week of...

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...

Work on Mohmand Dam to begin by April 2019, NA told

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly was informed on Tuesday that construction work on Mohmand Dam will begin by April next year. Responding to a call attention...