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Prime reason for this is low levels of underground water and lack of supply from dams

According to the initial PC-I, the cost of the project was Rs5.30 billion with a four-year completion time. — AFP/File ISLAMABAD: While the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad are facing shortage of water, a small joint project to construct Chirrah Dam with a capacity of 15 million gallon daily (mgd) is still a pipe dream. The proposed dam already approved by the Executive Committee of National Economic Council (Ecnec) is to be built jointly by the Capital Development Authority (CDA) and the government of Punjab. According to the initial PC-I, the cost of the project was Rs5.30 billion ...

The sources said now efforts are being made to get PPRA’s endorsement for remaining two projects as well. — Ishaq Chaudhry/File ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has requested Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA) to allow it to execute 10th Avenue and I.J.P. Road projects through the Ministry of Defence on a single tender basis. The CDA last month had requested the PPRA for giving relaxation in rules for five projects. Sources said on April 1, PPRA held a meeting and allowed the CDA to get three projects - Khayaban-i- Margalla, Alipur Farash Apartments scheme...

A chink in the PTI armour Opinion February 21, 2021 One impression that emerges from Prime Minister Imran Khan’s spirited campaign for the holding of the Senate elections through open ballot is that the moral foundations of Pakistan’s politics have further eroded. And this also means that the PTI has not been able to raise – or even maintain – the quality of political behaviour, in a collective sense, during the time that it has been in power at the federal level. What is truly amazing is that the lawmakers who are seen to be vulnerable to the vile temptation of large sums of money ...

Top Story February 20, 2021 HAZRO: Prime Minister Imran Khan Friday said Pakistan with the grace of Allah Almighty would ultimately be the winner as the corrupt politicians had lost public support. “This is a decisive moment for the nation. The masses are on one side, while these thieves and dacoits are on the other,” he maintained. “Insha Allah Pakistan will emerge victorious,” Imran Khan said while addressing a function after the inauguration of tree plantation drive in Ghazi Barotha under his initiative of 10 Billion Tree Tsunami. Criticising the previous governments, the prime mi...