Power Crisis
PEPCO manages WAPDA's 14 Companies for their transition towards a corporate and commercial operating environment
Soomro directs WAPDA and PEPCO to gear-up power generation efforts
IPPs asked to maintain 30-day fuel and gas stocks
Safety of transmitters and supply lines also a challenge
Recent disturbances and sabotage activities complicated supply situation
Water and Power Ministry asked to examine setting up of coal-based power plants
Patrolling of high tension transmission lines and grid stations on the cards
Fuel supply to power plants to be improved
Water shortages shifts burden on tubewells adding to electricity demand
Restoration of electricity generation in tension hit areas to improve supply by end-January
Electricity shortfall to come down from 4000 MW to 2700 MW
Water at Tarbela 43 feet below required level
Water in Mangla 42 feet below required level
Power shortages to continue for next few years
Politics of Fear
US Officials Review Approach in
US administration hopeful that General Ashfaq Kiyani will support more robust efforts involving US intelligence and military operatives targeting al-Qaeda's terrorist sanctuaries in Pakistan
Kiyani has a strong recognition that things haven't worked-
State Department position is that the
Strains Intensify in
At Bhutto's funeral in rural Sindh province last month, there was hardly a Pakistani flag to be seen, and Sindhi mourners chanted, "We don't need
US Relying on Two in People's Party to Help Stabilize
I am what terrorists most fear, a female political leader fighting to bring modernity to Pakistan- Benazir Bhutto
Conspiracy and Democracy in
US Considers New Covert Push Within Pakistan- NYT
A Mourning Nation Faces a Volatile Future-
We have a lot of security issues- Benazir Bhutto e-mailed to one of her American friends Joe Pascal
Militants kill 8 tribal elders in northwestern
Pakistanis want their country to be a democratic Islamic state-
Deeply distrustful of the
Democracy ranks high among the 60 pct Pakistani
70 percent believe it is a
60 pct agreed al Qaeda and Taliban activities pose a threat to
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