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Diamer Bhasha Dam

'False and misleading': Govt denies cancelling 4,500MW power component of Diamer-Bhasha Dam

Published 29 Aug, 2026 03:42pm

Diamer-Bhasha Dam generation component is a “committed project in both existing and future IGCEP documents”, says Power Division

Nepra urged to revise IGCEP, TSEP

Published 29 Jul, 2026 05:14am

ISLAMABAD: A leading power sector analyst and industrialist has formally urged the National Electric Power...

Ahsan unveils major road and rail projects

Published 01 Jul, 2026 05:57am

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal announced that work will...

Bilawal urges swift completion of Diamer-Bhasha Dam

Published 04 Jun, 2026 05:22am

CHILAS: Chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, has called on the federal government to...

‘No third-party validation’: Nepra’s nod sought for USD53bn ISP 2025-35

Updated 21 May, 2026 01:10pm

ISLAMABAD: The government on Wednesday sought National Electric Power Regulatory Authority’s approval for the...

PM tells ministries funding linked to performance

Published 19 May, 2026 06:02am

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday took a hard line with federal ministries, warning that those...

The dam dilemma

Updated 15 Oct, 2025 07:51am

I would like to bring attention to the growing water crisis that Pakistan is facing, focusing on the inefficiency of...

PM Shehbaz briefed about destruction

Updated 29 Aug, 2025 07:21am

LAHORE: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Thursday called for collective efforts to meet the recurring challenge of...

Wapda projects: AGP uncovers 126 cases of malfeasance

Updated 23 Aug, 2025 09:09am

ISLAMABAD: The Auditor General of Pakistan (AGP) has unearthed 126 cases of financial irregularities in different...

Meeting the water scarcity threat

Published 20 Jun, 2025 06:20am

EDITORIAL: For a problem of such scale as funding mega storage dams to deal with India’s water aggression, ...

Build before it’s too late

Published 07 Jun, 2025 04:59am

EDITORIAL: Even without India’s formal suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty, Pakistan’s water vulnerability was...

PM orders removal of impediments to execution of Diamer Bhasha Dam

Updated 04 Jun, 2025 09:31am

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday directed authorities to remove all obstacles to the timely...

Hydel projects’ crises

Published 21 Apr, 2025 06:02am

EDITORIAL: The latest session of the National Assembly’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) became an exercise in...

Cost of Diamer Bhasha Dam increases to Rs1.05trn

Updated 17 Dec, 2024 08:10am

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Water Resources Musadik Malik said that the cost of Diamer Bhasha Dam Project has increased...

SC orders transfer of Dam funds to federal govt’s Public Account

Updated 18 Oct, 2024 02:54pm

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) directed relevant authority to transfer the amount in Dams Fund’s account...

PM directs including DBHP in CPEC

Updated 07 Oct, 2024 02:56pm

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has directed the concerned authorities to include $8 billion Diamer Bhasha...

Govt seeks transfer of ‘SC dam fund’ money to public account

Published 12 Sep, 2024 03:48am

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has requested the Supreme Court that the money collected for the construction of...

GB govt forms body to address dam affected people's grievances

Published 24 Aug, 2024 07:17am

GIlGIT: Chief Minister of Gilgit-Baltistan Haji Gulbar Khan while addressing a high-level meeting regarding the...

Diamer-Bhasha Dam: Site for construction made feasible by diverting direction of river, Senate body told

Published 15 Jun, 2024 06:57am

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Water Resources told the Senate Standing Committee on Planning, Development and Special...

Mohmand Dam: $25m loan agreement with Kuwait on 3rd

Published 01 Jun, 2024 06:59am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Kuwait have agreed to sign a loan agreement of $25 million on 3rd June 2024 for the Mohmand...

Water: even big dams won’t be of much help

Published 13 Jan, 2024 05:38am

EDITORIAL: It seems no amount or manner of serious warnings can jolt relevant authorities into treating the...

Water woes to stay even after dam construction

Updated 11 Jan, 2024 12:04pm

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s water woes are unlikely to be over even after construction of Diamer Bhasha Dam (DBD) in 2030...

Indus diverted

Published 17 Dec, 2023 03:01am

The recent positive development of “Indus Partial Diversion” for the construction of the Diamer-Bhasha Dam has...

Diamer Bhasha Dam: Wapda all set to divert waters from River Indus by Nov

Published 08 Jun, 2023 06:30am

LAHORE: WAPDA is all set to divert River Indus for Diamer Basha Dam Project through almost 1 km-long diversion ...

Panel formed to resolve KP-GB tribal boundary row

Published 02 Jun, 2023 03:56am

ISLAMABAD: The government has constituted a panel to resolve dispute between Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Gilgit...

Public Sector Development Programme: Rs129bn released for development projects

Updated 17 Apr, 2023 08:46am

ISLAMABAD: Despite financial constraints and disruptions caused by super floods last year, the Ministry of Planning,...

Shah for allocating 15pc of GDP to construction of dams

Updated 01 Apr, 2023 06:43am

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Water Resources, Khursheed Shah Friday said there is need to allocate 15 percent of...

Fund for construction of dams: Amount increased to Rs16.53bn, SC told

Updated 13 Jan, 2023 08:52am

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court was informed that the amount in dams fund has increased to Rs 16.53 billion, which in...

Briefing on Diamer-Bhasha Dam sought: Senate panel discusses sedimentation at Tarbela Dam

Published 20 Dec, 2022 07:22am

ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Water Resources Monday sought a detailed briefing on Diamer Bhasha Dam ...

NTDC plans to evacuate power from 3 key HPPs

Updated 08 Nov, 2022 09:46am

ISLAMABAD: The National Transmission and Despatch Company (NTDC) has prepared plans to evacuate power from three key...

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Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Sep 29	18,780
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Sep 29	374,945
Petrol/Litre / Sep 30	387.54
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Sep 30	89.69
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Sep 30	4,309.98
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Colony Tex.Mills Ltd / Sep 30 Colony Textile Mills Limited(CTM)	7.26 ▲ 1 (15.97%)
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Ashfaq Textile / Sep 30 Ashfaq Textile Mills Limited(ASHT)	50.57 ▼ -5.62 (-10%)
Ghani Chemworld Limited(PRS) / Sep 30 Ghani Chemworld Limited(PRS)(GCWLPRS)	118.83 ▼ -13.16 (-9.97%)
Burj Clean Energy Modaraba / Sep 30 Burj Clean Energy Modaraba(GEM)(GEMBCEM)	11.25 ▼ -1.15 (-9.27%)
The Thal Ind.Corp. / Sep 30 The Thal Industries Corporation Limited(TICL)	918.13 ▼ -92.07 (-9.11%)
Pakistan Services / Sep 30 Pakistan Services Limited(PSEL)	1,019.63 ▼ -99.15 (-8.86%)
Mandviwala / Sep 30 Mandviwala Mauser Plastic Industries(MWMP)	77.07 ▼ -7.14 (-8.48%)
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Pak Int.Bulk / Sep 30 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	73,446,994 ▲ 0.11
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Pak Refinery / Sep 30 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	17,817,038 ▲ 0.45
WorldCall Telecom / Sep 30 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	17,431,935 ▼ -0.01
S.G.Power / Sep 30 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	16,575,953 ▼ -1.84
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