Aug 25, 2015
ISLAMABAD: Lenders from the Middle East have stopped a planned loan of $433 million to fund the strategically important 969-megawatt Neelum-Jhelum hydropower project following the surge in cost estimate to $4.21 billion. During the previous government of Pakistan...
Jun 12, 2015
LAHORE: Federal Minister for Water and Power Khawaja Asif on Monday said that India should honour the Indus Water Treaty (IWT) and warned that Pakistan will face a severe water shortage in the next few years. He said Pakistan wants to resolve water issues with its...
Sep 26, 2014
Bilateral talks between Pakistan and India to resolve disputed issues under the Indus Water Treaty have failed, officials here said on Tuesday. “The water commissioner-level talks (held in Lahore) failed to yield any results on the third day as India failed to budge...
Sep 26, 2014
ISLAMABAD/NEW DELHI: Pakistan and India have offered each other assistance in dealing with the devastation caused by the floods in the two neighbouring countries. Pakistan on Sunday offered assistance and help to India to mitigate the suffering of the people of...
Aug 26, 2014
Islamabad: The Indus Water Treaty between India and Pakistan that regulates the sharing of the river’s waters has provided “a fairly successful model of conflict resolution”, a new study here has said. Chronicling Pakistan’s water discourse, the report says water was...
Aug 26, 2014
The Jammu and Kashmir Power Development Corporation had sought permission from the Election Commission to invite tenders for engaging consultancies to quantify the losses caused by the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT). The Election Commission, it is believed, had given the...
