Diamer
\nPakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Wednesday urged the federal government to complete the Diamer-Bhasha Dam at the earliest, describing the project as a national necessity.
\n\u201cIt [Diamer-Bhasha Dam] is not only Diamer people\u2019s right, but also Pakistan\u2019s need,\u201d he said while addressing an election rally in Diamer.
\nBilawal criticised India\u2019s violation of Indus Waters Treaty, saying that the government of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was using water as a tool of terrorism.
\n\u201cNo other project is more important than Diamer-Bhasha Dam,\u201d he said, urging Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to show \u201cShehbaz speed\u201d in the completion of the project at the earliest.
\nThe Diamer-Bhasha dam is a 4,500-megawatt project with an estimated cost of $15 billion and is expected to be one of the largest dams in the world after completion.
\nThe project, viewed as positive stimulus for Pakistan\u2019s economy, will irrigate 1.2 million acres of agricultural land while extending the life of Tarbela Dam by 35 years.
\nAddressing the participants, Bilawal urged voters in Gilgit-Baltistan to elect a PPP chief minister in the June 7 elections, saying the party continued to enjoy public trust.
\nHe claimed the PPP had secured the highest number of votes in the previous GB elections but was deprived of nine seats.
\nThe PPP chairman also highlighted the political legacy of former prime ministers Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and Benazir Bhutto, saying they had worked for the rights of underprivileged segments of society.
\nReferring to his mother\u2019s assassination, Bilawal said some elements had believed there would be no leadership after her death.
\nBilawal praised President Asif Ali Zardari, saying he continued to raise his voice for the people after Bhutto\u2019s assassination.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Diamer Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Wednesday urged the federal government to complete the Diamer-Bhasha Dam at the earliest, describing the project as a national necessity. \u201cIt [Diamer-Bhasha Dam] is not only Diamer people\u2019s right, but also Pakistan\u2019s need,\u201d he said while addressing an election rally in Diamer. Bilawal criticised India\u2019s violation …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":64271,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[75],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98531"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98531\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":98542,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98531\/revisions\/98542"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}