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Pakistan: Imran Khan blames Shehbaz Sharif government for rising inflation
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 10 (ANI): Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman and former prime minister Imran Khan on Thursday blamed the Shehbaz Sharif-led government for rising inflation in the country which is adversely affecting the overburdened population.
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Pak: Blame game between Punjab, Sindh continues amid water crisis
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Hyderabad [Pakistan], June 2 (ANI): Amid the rising water crisis in the provinces, the blame game between Punjab and Sindh continues as Sindh officials accuse their counterparts in Punjab of not agreeing to an independent evaluation by the Wapda's International Sedimentation Research Institu
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Pakistan: Water, power development authority chief resigns citing personal
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], May 7 (ANI): Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) Chairman Lt Gen (retd) Muzammil Hussain has resigned from his post citing "personal reasons."
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Pakistan PM orders completion of Diamer Bhasha dam by 2026
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Gilgit [Gilgit-Baltistan], April 18 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has directed the Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) and Frontier Works Organisation (FWO) to complete the Diamer Bhasha Dam project by 2026 instead of 2029.
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Pakistan's power regulator approves PKR 5.94/ kWh increase in January bill
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 12 (ANI): Pakistani electric power regulator, National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Thursday allowed ex-Wapda distribution companies to charge an additional fuel cost of Pakistani Rupees (PKR) 5.94 per kilowatt-hour (kWh) unit from consumers for
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Nationwide protests against murder of journalist in Pakistan
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], January 27 (ANI): Apart from the Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE), Pakistan Federal Union of Journalist (PFJU) hundreds of Electricity, Water & Power Development Authority (WAPDA) workers held protests across the country over the killing of journalist Hasna
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Chinese firm reluctant to resume work on Dasu hydropower project
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Mansehra (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) [Pakistan], August 13 (ANI): After 13 people were killed in a bus blast at the Dasu Hydropower Project, including nine Chinese nationals on July 13, the Chinese firm is still reluctant to resume work.
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Pakistan: World Bank teams in Kohistan to review security arrangements at
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Mansehra (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) [Pakistan], August 5 (ANI): After 13 people were killed in a bus blast at the Dasu Hydropower Project, including nine Chinese nationals, two high-level World Bank (WB) missions arrived in Upper Kohistan to review the security arraignments on Tuesday.
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Pak industrialists oppose rise in energy tariff
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], April 5 (ANI): Pakistan industrialists on Sunday opposed the anticipated increase of Rs 5.36 per unit in base electricity tariff.
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Disgruntled PoK residents demand disbanding of WAPDA
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Muzaffarabad [Pakistan-occupied Kashmir], Mar 14 (ANI): People in Muzzafarabad of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) took to the streets protesting against the Pakistan establishment and WAPDA (Water and Power Development Authority of Pakistan), which at the behest of repressive bosses in Islam
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Pak water authority cancels USD 4.5bn contracts with Chinese firm
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Jan. 24 (ANI): The Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) in Pakistan has terminated two of its key contracts with a Chinese firm, even before the formal launch of USD 4.5 billion Dasu hydropower project, citing 'fundamental breaches' of the agreement.
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