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A Wonderland

By Shaheer Ullah Khan • Dec 22nd, 2011 • Category: Politics

Pakistan is a country on the Asian continent which possesses the ability to be called a wonderland, given that the place is utilized in a proper way. The inhabitants of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan live on massive reserves of mineral resources and other than that the geographical features and climatic conditions also contribute lavishly [...]



Kalabagh Dam or Nawab Kalabagh

By Dr. Hassan Isfahani • Aug 17th, 2011 • Category: Politics

Hydropower is the most cheapest power source in the world and for Pakistan its feasibility is ideal. Just due to few politicians and their feudal hierarchy, Pakistan has been deprived of the power and is engulfed in the load shedding for many years now.
Successive governments have tried to resolve the issue by interim and temporary [...]



Kalabagh Dam, Need of Time

By Maria Sultan • May 19th, 2010 • Category: Politics

Almost everyone except ANP and couple of other small time groups have stressed the need for a consensus among the political forces on Kalabagh Dam to end the prevailing power crisis in the country. Now ANP has got its Pukhtoonkhwa and now it’s time that it makes a national sacrifice for the greater interest [...]



Why Not Kalabagh Dam?

By Guest Blogger • May 15th, 2010 • Category: Politics

The minister for water and power has said that the government cannot build Kalabagh dam. He did not say why. A minister must never talk in thin air, he must have cogent reasons for what he says. Does he think that Punjab will take more water from Kalabagh dam because the dam is located in [...]



Thar Coal Project Versus Kalabagh Dam in Pakistan

By Guest Blogger • Apr 29th, 2010 • Category: Politics

It is very strange to note that present Government of Pakistan is advocating for Air Polluting Thar Coal Project Versus Environmental Friendly Kalabagh Dam.

Kalabagh dam which will increase the water resources of the country is being opposed while [...]



Khwamkhwa or Pakhtunkhwa

By M Mirza • Apr 12th, 2010 • Category: Features


Irrigation sector reforms in Punjab

By Qudrat Ullah • Jan 30th, 2010 • Category: Politics

Keeping in view the changing patterns in water sector, growing needs of water utilization for food crops and the need to involve the farming community in the repairmen and maintenance of colossal irrigation infrastructure, the government of the Punjab embarked upon a major institutional reforms programme by involving decentralization and transformation of its colossal irrigation [...]



Flood Management in Punjab : But What Next?

By Qudrat Ullah • Jan 29th, 2010 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Punjab, the land of mighty rivers and flowing canals witnessed many big deluges which caused losses to the tune of billion of rupees, besides damaging lives and property of the public. Although the flood management is the responsibility of the provinces, yet a number of federal departments are entrusted with the Federal Flood Commission, which [...]



Dams and Pakistan

By Tahir Hameed • Jan 22nd, 2010 • Category: Politics

Quite recently a friend of mine who is an engineer with WAPDA had a tale to relate. It was about the fact that there was a person with WAPDA who came up with designs to modify Tarbela Dam in such a way that it would have enhanced power production by 1200-1400 MW. The modification was [...]



Killer Buzzwords

By Engr. K. Shahzad • Jun 28th, 2009 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

The Buzzwords stinks. Time to come to basics now. Hassan Nisar rightly pointed out in his interview with Dr. Shahid Masood that all they knew are 400 to 500 sentences and if we snatch these sentences out of their mouth these so called politicians couldn’t speak anymore. Why not to guess the governments through Buzzwords? Like to begin with