Month: May 2020

Diamer Bhasha Dam : An overall view

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There have been few concerns about Diamer Bhasha Dam. Foremost is that Roller Compacted Concrete (RCC) Dam is a rigid structure and has no flexibility against earthquakes. Bhasha Diamer Dam has been under review since the early nineteen eighties by various panels of international consultants and experts including the World Bank’s experts. In eighties Roller Compacted Concrete Dams (RCCD) were in early stages of development. In fact Pakistan at Tarbela was the pioneer in using RCC on a mass scale on replacement of damaged right bank hill and building right…

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Transforming Energy

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The NTDC has correctly noted that the power supply industry (ESI) is currently in the midst of a global change which offers a historic opportunity to our policy and decision-makers to transform this sector from its current centralized top-down mindset to a distributed and forward-looking approach to sustainably serve the electricity demands of the country. The future of the ESI belongs to small, distributed, and renewable power generation technologies interconnected through a combination of intelligent and smart micro, mini, and national grids. Quick, proactive, and aggressive planning and adoption of…

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US Malice Against CPEC

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The outgoing US Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia Alice Wells, while addressing a farewell news briefing through a video link attended by journalists from South and Central Asia, hurled scathing criticism at China for burdening Pakistan with a heavy debt through the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor saying “ At the time of a crisis like the covid-19 pandemic, it is really incumbent on China to take steps to alleviate the burden that this predatory, unsustainable and unfair lending is going to cause to Pakistan” Reacting to her remarks the…

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SDGs & Civilian Nuclear Technology in Pakistan

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Apart from traditional security, Pakistan is fully determined to achieve its non-traditional national security challenges. In this regard, the peaceful role of nuclear technology is commendable under Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) that is fully resolved towards achieving socio-economic development. Pakistan is pursuing an instrumental role of civilian use of nuclear technology by culminating different 2030 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for national prosperity in future. Chairman of PAEC Muhammad Naeem stated in recent conference paper titled, The Pakistani National Perspective on Nuclear Nonproliferation Regime on 8 April, 2020…

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Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission: Committed in service of the nation

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May 28th 1998 is one of the most important days not only in the history of Pakistan but also of the South Asian region and the world as well. It is a day when the Pakistani nation showed the world that it is a force to be reckoned with, a force united, powerful and enduring, a force that would not fade away or buckle under threats of aggression or coerciveness. It is a day that marks Pakistan’s resolve to exist in the world with a capability that safeguards its sovereignty…

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