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Pakistan: Kohistan residents block Diamer-Bhasha Dam Karakoram Highway
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Protesters have been raising their demands for fair compensation for lands affected by the project, as well as employment opportunities for locals with WAPDA (Water and Power Development Authority) and the Chinese companies working on the dam.
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Pakistan: Pashto drama actor Khushboo Khan shot dead in Nowshera
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
The Akbarpura police lodged a case of murder against the two suspects.
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Pak: 3-yr-old booked for electricity theft in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Updated : 2 years ago IST
The minor was even brought before the Court of the Additional Sessions Judge, prompting his legal representative to assert that the case was dismissed by the judge upon receiving an affidavit.
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Pak: Protesters block Karakoram Highway, demanding compensation for Diamer
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
The people affected by the Gilgit-Baltistan's Diamer Bhasha Dam blocked the Karakoram Highway (KKH) on Wednesday in protest against Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) for failure to pay compensation promised to them for leaving their lands for the dam's construction.
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Pakistan: Power regulatory authority allows govt to hike electricity rates
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
In the documents released on its website, the authority mentioned that the hike will be applicable to consumers of all categories, except lifeline consumers, including both consumers of ex-Wapda distribution companies and K-Electric.
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Work on Dasu hydropower project in Pakistan suspends over not meeting peop
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
The families affected by the Dasu hydropower project in Pakistan announced that work on the 4380 megawatts energy initiative would remain suspended until Wapda fulfils its commitments regarding land acquisition and financial package, reported Dawn.
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Trade bodies hold rallies and seminars, raise demand for fixing minimum wa
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The participants at the events raised the demand for fixing the minimum wage at Pakistani Rupees (PKR) 50,000 per month, an increase in workers' salaries keeping in view the inflation, doubling the pension and withdrawing all recent increases in the tariffs of water, electricity and petroleu
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Severe water scarcity in Skardu as key dam falls to dead level
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Drinking water is being only provided to Skardu town during Sehri and Iftar hours due to the shortage.
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Drivers of Dasu Power Project go on strike to demand payment of arrears
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The drivers of rented vehicles didn't take foreigners to their respective working sites of the 4320 megawatts Dasu Hydropower Project which affected the work on the mega energy project being executed in the Upper Kohistan district with financial assistance from the World Bank and other lendi
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Power generation from Pakistan's Dasu Hydropower Project Stage-I to begin
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The construction of Pakistan's Dasu Hydropower Project (Stage-I) will miss its earlier completion deadline. Power generation from the project will now commence by the end of 2026, reported The Nation
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Plunge in per capita water availability raises concerns across Pakistan
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Pakistan needs to make great changes in its water management policy as the per capita water availability has dropped down from 5650 cubic meters to 900 cubic meters per annum, as per reports.
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Pakistan's Dasu hydropower project hit by cost overrun
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 9 (ANI): Pakistan's most important project with the capacity to generate 2,160 MW of hydel electricity, which got delayed by three years, has been hit by a cost overrun of upto 100 billion Pakistani rupees.
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