Dec 14, 2015
As if to underscore the contrast between an autocracy and a democracy, China’s announcement recently that all six power-generating units at the world’s highest-elevation dam in Zangmu, Tibet, are now fully operational coincided with protesters stalling the movement of...
Dec 14, 2015
ISLAMABAD: Having lost a couple of major international arbitrations in water disputes, the government has decided to carry out a comprehensive study to evaluate the impact of Indian construction on rivers flowing into Pakistan. The 2013 judgment by the International...
Dec 14, 2015
ISLAMABAD: The recent change in the mood of Modi government towards Pakistan is the result of at least three most powerful western capitals, who had pushed the otherwise childishly rigid New Delhi to reciprocate to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s peace initiative. Top...
Dec 14, 2015
‘Environmental flows designed to maintain at least some natural flow variability along river’s length’ ISLAMABAD – WWF-Pakistan under its project building capacity on Climate Change Adaptation in Coastal Areas of Pakistan (CCAP) again released a report to review the...
Aug 25, 2015
ISLAMABAD: A new national policy is being prepared to address issues such as scarcity of water, inequities in its distribution, food insecurity and lack of unified planning and management. The policy, being prepared by the Ministry of Water and Power, aims at...
Aug 25, 2015
Climate change and bad policies are wreaking havoc over Pakistan’s Indus river delta. The over 3,000-km-long Indus river is a lifeline for countless farming and fishing communities in Pakistan, beginning in the Himalayas and flowing down to the Arabian Sea, where it...
