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LAHORE - WAPDA won their opening match of the Faysal Bank-sponsored National One-day Cup Division II against ZTBL by one wicket here at the Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore on Wednesday.
ZTBL after electing to bat made 194. Wapda's opener Riffat Ullah held his nerves to not only score a century but also helped his team to victory at a time when wickets tumbled in frequent intervals at the other end to Raza Hasan and Rao Iftikhar.
Scores: ZTBL 194/10 in 43.3 overs. (Babar Azam 50, 72

LAHORE - The 7th National Ju-Jitsu Championship 2011 concluded here at the WAPDA Sports Complex on Saturday with hosts WAPDA winning the title with 77 points. Police secured the second place with 39 points while Punjab got the third place with 28 points.
Sindh, with two gold and seven bronze medals, were placed fourth. The championship, which started on January 20, concluded here, with Lt Gen Arif Hasan, President Pakistan Olympics Association as the chief guest. Speaking on the

LAHORE - The Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) has transferred the remaining Rs 3.0 billion to the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) government for compensation of built-up property belonging to those affected by the Mangla Dam Raising Project. Therefore, total compensation for Mangla Dam Raising Project has now been made to the AJK Government. This also includes payment to the old affectees of Mangla Dam.
The AJK Government has started disbursement of the amount to the

ISLAMABAD - To expedite the construction of Diamer Bhasha Dam, the government on Thursday allowed the Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) to raise Rs 20 billion from the market through Sukuk and Term Finance Certificates (TFC).
This decision was made at the meeting of the Economic Coordination Committee of the cabinet that met under the chairmanship of Finance Minister Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh.
According to official sources, the government would provide the

LAHORE - The Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) is releasing water from the reservoirs according to the indents issued by the Indus River System Authority (IRSA).
In the wake of annual canal closure, water releases from the reservoirs have been drastically reduced and WAPDA is strictly following the IRSA indents for both Mangla and Tarbela reservoirs and elsewhere.
It said, "The water releases from Mangla with effect from December 26, 2010 to January 12, 2011 were

ISLAMABAD - Five small dams having a power generation capacity of 225 MW would be completed during next eight months to help mitigate power shortage in the country. The projects to be completed during the period include Sattpara dam, Gomal zam and Jinnah Hydel Power projects, Chairman Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA), Shakeel Durrani said while addressing the two-day seminar on `Land Acquisition and Resettlement of Mega Hydropower Projects in Pakistan, on Friday.

LAHORE - Pakistan Football Federation (PFF)'s President Faisal Saleh Hayat, SVP Zahir Shah, VP Syed Khadim Ali Shah, Secretary General Ahmed Yar Khan Lodhi, Director Marketing Sardar Naveed Haider, Director Operation Pervaiz Saeed Mir, MTFA President Mian Rizwan Ali and NNTFA President Abdul Rasheed Khan have congratulated WAPDA for clinching golds in Pakistan Premier Football League as well as in the 31st National Games Football Tournament.

LAHORE - Abdul Ghafoor scored twice, in the 28th and 79th minutes, as KESC forced their way to fourth place with a 2-1 win over Wapda in final league match of Pakistan Premier Football League that concluded on Thursday at Peoples Sports Complex.
The defeat was meaningless for Wapda, who won the League at Karachi on December 12, securing a berth in the seventh AFC President's Cup.
Wapda, who slotted their lone goal through Arif Mehmood in the 85th minute, won the top prize

LAHORE - National Champions Wapda added another feather to their winning cap when they beat Pakistan Air Force 1-0 in the final of the 31st National Games football tournament on Wednesday in Islamabad.
Wapda regained the title after a lapse of 18 years under their jubilant coach Muhammad Habib - a qualified international coach. Wapda's last triumph was recorded in 1992 under late Muhammad Aslam Japani.
Wapda dominated the 90-minute tussle with PAF. The lone goal of the

LAHORE - Pakistan Water & Power Development Authority (WAPDA) and SAMBU-SARCO have signed an agreement worth Rs 7.52 billion at WAPDA House on Monday for Lot-II of 106MW Golen Gol Hydropower Project.
North Projects General Manager Fazal-e-Mabood and SAMBU Board of Representatives Chairman Oh Sung Hoon signed the agreement. Golen Gol Lot-II involves construction of diversion weir, intake, gravel trap, sand trap, headrace tunnel, pressure shaft, pressure tunnel and roads.

LAHORE: Holders KRL and WAPDA recorded wins to claim three points each in the Pakistan Premier Football League. Muhammad Qasim landed the only goal in the ninth minute as KRL worked overtime to beat Afghan FC 1-0 at the Govt High School, Chaman. It was sweet revenge over the Balochistan-based outfit as KRL lost to them by an identical scoreline in October's first leg at Rawalpindi.
Afghan FC have mustered 42 points from 26 matches while KRL have 39 in 24 matches. Despite the

LAHORE: WAPDA is executing around 20 water and hydropower projects in order to cater the swelling demand of water and electricity.
This was stated by WAPDA Chairman Shakil Durrani, while addressing a delegation of PAF Air War College Karachi, headed by Air Vice Marshal Azher Hassan at WAPDA House.
The Chairman, speaking on the occasion, stated that per-capita availability of water in the country had diminished to an alarming level due to mounting population. In addition, a

ISLAMABAD
The Supreme Court on Friday directed the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) chairman, former and incumbent officials of WAPDA and shareholders of Genco Power, involved in the contract deal for rental power plants (RPP), to appear in court on October 26.
The court allowed them to either appear in person or through their representatives, with the assurance that they would appear in court whenever it asked them to.
A three-member Supreme Court

Court declares Lt Gen (R) Zahid Ali Akbar as 'absconder"
Zahid appropriated illegal properties and got them registered in name of his son and wife
LAHORE
National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Thursday submitted the list of illegal properties appropriated by the former chairman Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) and Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Lt. Gen (R) Zahid Ali Akbar in the name of his close relatives (Benamidar Beneficiaries), for attachment in the

LAHORE: The groundbreaking of WAPDA offices and colonies of Diamer Basha dam is expected next month. The Federal government has already released and handed over an initial sum of Rs 700 million to the deputy commissioner of Diamer for acquisition of land in Gilgit-Baltistan.
This was revealed after a meeting between Gilgit-Baltistan Chief Minister, Syed Mehdi Shah and WAPDA Chairman, Shakil Durrani, following the latter's visit to the site of Diamer-Basha dam project.
Syed

LAHORE: Former Chairman WAPDA, Shamsul Mulk has said that Kalabagh Dam is a national issue and needs attention, denying the perception that it is just the issue of Punjab.
Shamsul Mulk said that his province has suffered the most, due to delay in construction of Kalabagh Dam, as recent floods that hit Nowshera resulted in the water level to reach 961 feet. This could have been avoided if Kalabagh dam had been built, as it would have kept the water level at only 880 feet.