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  By Tariq Asad   (Pakistan News & Features Services) The controversial boundary demarcation of the sub-continent in 1947 by Sir Cyrill Radcliffe germinated the seeds for unrelenting water conflict between the new-born states that have persisted till-date.  Awarding the Muslim-majority areas like Ferozepur, having headworks for Sutlej River, to India accrued aggression from her by blocking water flow into all the canals entering Pakistan on April 1, 1948.  Though a Standstill agreement was concluded between the two neighbours but India cropped out in a highly commanding position on water-front. The matter was resolved by the mediation of the World Bank in the form of Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) as India and Pakistan were given exclusive rights on three eastern (Sutlej, Ravi and Bias) and three western rivers (Indus, Jehlum and Chenab) rivers respectively. September 19, 2020 marks the completion of six decades of the IWT, signed by the then President of Pakistan, Ge...

By Masood Sattar Khan (Pakistan News & Features Services) To cope with the challenge of ever sky rocketing cost of energy coupled with unstable supply, the experts have agreed that district-based generation of electricity from renewable energy sources offers more benefits to Pakistan compared to the centralized generation system of large-scale power plants scattered across the country.  Sharing their thoughts at a webinar titled ‘Energy Investments and Planning, they were of the unanimous view that small solar and wind power plants should be installed where the potential of energy generation was high and opposed to establishing large solar parks and wind power plants.  The World Bank Renewable Energy Consultant, Ermeena Malik, was of the opinion that under-served areas of the country should be the prime focus while setting up new renewable energy plants.  "Pakistan has immense potential of setting up district-wise wind and solar power stations and ...

By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) A 5-member World Bank delegation headed by Rajul A Wasthi,  Senior Urban Immovable Property  Tax (UIPT)  specialist,   called on DMC Central Chairman Rehan Hashmi  to discuss   as to how Urban Immovable  Property Tax can be devolved to DMCs and which at present  is being collected by KMC. The delegation members included  Property Tax Consultants Wayaitgrant , William Mcclusskey . The objective of the WB delegation was to explore the tax collection   capacity of  DMC Central and increase the tax collection through Global Information System (GIS) . Earlier Chairman DMC Rehan Hashmi,  informed that because of  paucity of funds the tax collection staff could not be provided required training. The delegation members stressed that departmental efficiency can be enhanced through the use of computers . The  delegation visited D...