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Did the World Bank fund Karachi’s nullah evictions? $100m SWEEP project in hot water SAMAA | Sohail Rab Khan - Posted: May 6, 2021 | Last Updated: 3 weeks ago Editing & Writing | Mahim Maher SAMAA | Sohail Rab Khan Posted: May 6, 2021 | Last Updated: 3 weeks ago Buildings along a nullah in Liaquatabad being demolished to widen the waterway ahead of the monsoons in Karachi, March 18, 2021. Photo: Online/Sabir Mazhar There are two little stories about international donors that everyone who lives in Karachi should know.    In 1994, the World Bank gave the Sindh g...

editors@thepatriot.co.bw Ahead of the 2019 General Elections one of the trump card for political parties was the supply of potable water to all communities in Botswana as well provision of waste water management. Two years after the elections, most major villages in Botswana are still struggling to have sustainable water supply and many believe hydro politics will play a pivotal role in the 2024 elections. In 2013 Botswana came up with Emergency Water Security and Efficiency Project ((WSRP) which has been funded by the World Bank by a $145.5, and was meant to address water crisis by 2021. One...

ECNEC approves nine schemes worth Rs251b Clears Pak-China optical fibre cable project for fast communication between two nations ISLAMABAD: The government on Thursday approved nine mega-development schemes worth Rs251 billion, including an umbrella project worth Rs70 billion to improve its response to the coronavirus pandemic and other calamities. Finance Minister Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh chaired the meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec), which also approved Rs38 billion Pak-China optical fibre cable scheme for fast communication between the two nations. Th...

  ISLAMABAD, Jan. 22 (Gwadar Pro) - Pakistan’s key decision-making body, the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC), Thursday evening approved Rs 37.9 billion worth Pak-China Optical Fiber Cable (OFC) Project Phase II.   Phase-II of the “Pak-China Optical Fiber Cable (OFC) Project for Establishment of Cross-Border OFC Network (Khunjerab-Karachi) Along China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Routes” was approved at the total cost of Rs 37.9 billion.    The project will provide alternate path for international connectivity through Northern Border of Pakistan with...

Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue, Dr. Abdul Hafeez Shaikh, chaired a meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC)