Harnessing Wind Energy in Baldia Town

Posted on May 29, 2008
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Owais Mughal Following photo appeared in both Jang and Dawn of May 29, 2008. It shows residents of Baldia Town Karachi have resorted to harnessing Wind Energy to produce electricity. We’ve discussed Electricity shortage and alternate ways to produce electricity in Pakistan in several posts here. I am happy to see this indiginous effort on […]

The Politics of Kalabagh Dam and Pakhtunkhwa

Posted on May 29, 2008
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Owais Mughal Kalabagh Dam, which has been a dead project for all practical purposes, got a stir yesterday when Federal Minister for Water and Power Raja Pervez Ashraf said that the project has now been shelved for ever. On the same day, another interesting development happened about NWFP where it was decided to change the […]

Juvenile Delinquency in Pakistan

Posted on May 28, 2008
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Irum Sarfaraz The state of juvenile delinquency in Pakistan is reaching epic proportion with neither the law nor other people associated with it willing to understand the continual and serious dangers being rendered to the health, social and moral development of these children and society. The majority of these delinquents are ‘street children’ who are […]

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