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23 Nov 2020 ISLAMABAD

Pakistan: Slow Implementation Of Internationally-funded Water Projects

An inter-ministerial forum on Thursday expressed concern over delays in implementation of water sector projects being funded by the international lending agencies and called for coordinated efforts to address bottlenecks. At present, 15 foreign-funded projects amounting to $3.239bn are currently under implementation...

9 Nov 2020 ISLAMABAD

Water System Improvements In Islamabad

The recent steps by Capital Development Authority (CDA) will help add 10 to 12 MGD water in the existing system to meet water requirements of the city. This increase will help augment the existing water system to address water shortage in the city, an official of CDA said in this connection, the infrastructure for collection, treatment, and transmission of portable water is being revamped...

7 Oct 2020 ISLAMABAD

Former Pakistan Prez Indicted Over Water Corruption Case

An anti-corruption court on Monday charged former Pakistan president Asif Ali Zardari in two graft cases, a week after he was indicted in a major money laundering case. In the Thatta water supply case, a private contractor was illegally awarded project contracts. The court has rejected Zardari's plea seeking acquittal in all three cases.

18 May 2020 ISLAMABAD

Pakistan's Diamer-Bhasha Dam Is Ready For Construction

Prime Minister Imran Khan was informed on Monday that all the prep work for the Diamer-Bhasha dam has been completed and the project was ready for construction. The premier expressed satisfaction over the progress made so far and directed authorities concerned to begin construction work on the dam. "Ensuring water security is the government's first priority," he said, according to a statement issued by the Prime Minister's Office.

16 Dec 2019 ISLAMABAD

World Bank Extends Support For Pakistan Hydro Project

The World Bank will extend $ 700 million additional financing for transmission line for Dasu Hydropower Project. The World Bank Country Director, Patchamuthu Illangovan has conveyed the decision in a letter to the Secretary Ministry of Water Resources, sources said. “The World Bank plans to appraise the project from December 12, 2019 and to negotiate the matter in the last week of January 2020...

12 Aug 2019 ISLAMABAD, Pakistan

Pakistan's Indus River Barrage To Mitigate Climate Impacts On Wetlands, Human Migration

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has approved development of the ambitious “Sindh Barrage” on the Indus River.Located about 28 miles upstream from the mouth of the river at the Arabian Sea and about 80 miles east of Karachi, the Sindh Barrage was proposed by Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) to address water issues in the region...

23 May 2019 ISLAMABAD

China To Help Provide Clean Drinking Water To 1,500 Schools In Pakistan

China will help provide clean drinking water to 1,500 schools in Pakistan. This resolve was expressed during a meeting of a delegation led by Vice-President of Chinese Academy of Sciences Zhang Yaping with Minister for Science and Technology Chaudhry Fawad Hussain in Islamabad today. Mr Zhang Yaping, while reiterating China's cooperation with Pakistan in every field, said that his country will help provide potable water in Pakistani schools.

1 Apr 2019 ISLAMABAD, Pakistan

World Bank Suspends Balochistan IWRM Project

The World Bank has announced a 30-day suspension of the Balochistan Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) and Development Project on March 29, citing lack of construction progress and fiduciary control. During the hiatus, announced March 29, the bank will work with the Government to restructure the scope of the project, which was meant to benefit one of the poorest and least developed provinces in Pakistan...

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18 Mar 2019 ISLAMABAD

Pakistan: World Bank May Cancel $38 Million USD Indus River Loan

The World Bank has warned of cancelling its soft loan of $38 million to support the management and development of water resources in the Indus River, after finding little progress on the project since its approval in 2008. The mid-term review of the project has been planned to be undertaken in June this year, and if this review does not find significant improvement in implementation process and disbursement of project funds, partial or even full cancellation of the credit will need to be considered, to enable these funds to be more usefully deployed within Pakis­tan, a report of the bank said.

5 Mar 2019 ISLAMABAD, Pakistan

Pakistan Drought Causing Malnutrition, Disease, Internal Migration

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has described the rates of malnutrition and disease in the southern Sindh and Balochistan provinces of Pakistan as “alarmingly high” as drought associated with climate change prevails in the region.IFRC released approximately $315,000 USD in emergency funding March 1 to assist in relief work in the provinces which are currently affected by one of the worst droughts in Pakistan’s history...

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28 Feb 2019 ISLAMABAD, Pakistan

China's Three Gorges Corporation Will Build $2.7 Billion USD Pakistan Hydro Project

Pakistan officials announced February 27 that China Three Gorges Corporation (CTGC) has been selected to construct the 1,124 MW Kohala Hydropower Project (KHPP) along the Neelum-Jhelum River. The $2.7 Billion USD project is the largest project and is expected to take 6.5 years to complete.This is the second such mega project in Azad Jammu Kashmir (AJK) along the river despite protests against unacceptable environmental issues in Muzaffarabad city caused by the diversion of the Neelum River after commissioning of Neelum-Jhelum Hydropower Project (NJHP)...

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26 Feb 2019 ISLAMABAD

Pakistan Education Chief Says Climate Change Policy Is Weak And Inconsistent

The federal government’s climate change policy and its implementation strategy were slammed by the head of the apex higher education body for being weak, inconsistent, incoherent, and reactive. Instead, he called for devising an integrated approach to deal with climate change.