The life-giving dams
The gushing, frothy spillways create a tremor – you feel the ground shuddering, absorbing the thrust of the force emanating from the water coming down the sluices. You look at…
Dammed thirsty: the cross-border fight for water
With half the world experiencing water scarcity for at least part of the year, the huge dams being built by some countries to boost their power supplies while their neighbours…
In drought-hit Iraq, a dam threatens to swallow farmland
Jamil al-Juburi, 53, has never left his village in northern Iraq, where his family has worked the land for generations — but a dam will soon swallow his home, forcing…
Dams vs disasters
It is estimated that Pakistan will start facing water scarcity within the next five years, and a large number of deaths due to food shortage caused by non-availability of water…
Dams for progress
It’s easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled. — Mark Twain The PML-N has gone to great lengths to showcase the bus rapid transit (BRT)…
Legal case for dams
The recently issued Kishanganga arbitration award has again proved what I have been saying all along: that by invoking the dispute resolution mechanism of the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), Pakistan…
Myitsone Dam project a timebomb for next Myanmar government
Aungmyintha "Model Village" in Myanmar's northern Kachin state didn't exist until three years ago, and its residents mostly wish it had never been built. It is one of two villages…
China’s miracles
This week, China has been celebrating its foundation day as the People’s Republic of China was founded on October 1, 1949. Comparing Pakistan and China at their births in his…
Untangling energy crisis: the ‘misguided’ criticism of IPPs
The narrative dominating Pakistan’s discourse on electricity prices has painted Independent Power Producers (IPPs) as the villains responsible for the country’s escalating energy costs. Media outlets and public opinion frequently…
China’s giant leap
A gathering of some 5,000 top scientists and engineers listened in pin-drop silence on January 7, 2020 as Chinese President Xi Jinping laid out his vision and strategy to make…
