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WAPDA operates the majority of thermal power plants in Pakistan, with over 5,000 MW of installed capacity in its control. The Guddu plant is the largest plant operated by WAPDA,there is no power plant operational issue with a capacity of 1,650 MW. In recent years, growth in Pakistan’s thermal...

The two main themes at the Summit were therefore energy, business and economic cooperation on the one hand and combating drug trafficking and terrorism to stabilise the security situation in the region on the other. Russia and Pakistan had earlier discussed transit issues and opening a route to...

It is unlikely for the U.S. to deeply engage in cooperation with Pakistan on military and technological terms. Washington expresses that it is deeply concerned about whether the Islamist radical groups possess Pakistan’s nuclear weapons, even though the Pakistani military executives declared...

There is no doubt that Pakistan’s economy is based on agriculture which is dependent on regular flow of water in all major rivers. But with an objective to convert cultivable land into desert, New Delhi has embarked on a mission to build a series of dams against the provisions of the Indus Water...

The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency said he had reached a deal with Iran on investigating its suspected nuclear weapons programme, in a confidence-building measure ahead of crucial talks between Tehran and six world powers this week. Yukiya Amano, director-general of the UN...

The lack of sound local and global governance poses a larger risk than we may anticipate today. Country risk at the individual level varies due to conflict of interests, differing norms and values, scarcity of resources and war. World bodies like the UN and G20 have yet to endorse a decision to...