ThePakistanTimes

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan

Thursday, March 19, 2015 2 pages

five cents
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(Testing in process at the Tarbela Plant)

Hydropowerpotentially
inPakistan
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Hydropower i

s power derived from the

energy of falling water and running water,
which may be harnessed for useful purposes.
It is safe to say that hydropower is a great
resource for electricity to light up many cities.
The question is, what country has not used
hydropower as a resource for electricity yet?
There is one country that has had potential for
hydropower for a very long time, and recently
started doing something about it. That country
is Pakistan, it has 307,374 mi of land and
touches the Arabian Sea.

Pakistan has an identified hydropower

potential of 60,000 MW, of which 40,000 MW
is located on Indus Cascade starting from
Skardu to Tarbela, 1
If they gain this potential,
most likely, Pakistan will be saving more U.S.
dollars than they were before. Pakistan
especially needs to save money in order for
them to jump out of the poverty hole they are
in, but thats another topic that can be saved
for later.
Another question to consider about is,
what is Pakistan doing
now
to get themselves
hydropower? Recently, The Pakistani
government has committed to spending
US$51 million in an effort to expedite
completion of the 1,410-MW Tarbela 4

hydropower plant by seven months. 2

This is
good progress for them to take, taking it slow
but able to jump up and improve their
potential. Also,
the completion of the
hydropower plant is that its expected to
push the completion date up to June 2017. A
country recently has actually stood up and
confronted Pakistan and offered to help them,
that country was Kuwait. A country recently
has actually stood up and confronted Pakistan
and offered to help them, that country was

Kuwait. A deal signed in Islamabad will see

the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic
Development (KFAED) provide an additional
US$32 million for Pakistan's 969-MW Neelum
Jhelum hydropower plant. 3For those who
dont know the location
of Kuwait, it is a country
in Western Asia and it is
a very small country.
This is not the first time
Kuwait
has
helped
Pakistan fund their
Hydropower plant. The
agreement adds to a previous $42 million loan
from KFAED and gives Pakistan's Water and
Power Development Authority (WAPDA) a
total of about $1.1 billion in funding from a
number of foreign sources. 3
Pakistan has supporters about this
situation, and shows to believe that they are
trying to resolve this issue. They have an
estimated time of when the power plant will
be done, but the main question is, will it
actually be done by that time? The people will
have to wait and find out for themselves.
(Image above: Jhelum River Plant)

their terrorism, while Pakistan is actually

trying to get terrorism to an all time low.
The common threat of violent
extremism may serve as a catalyst for
improved cooperation between the two
countries, and we have already seen progress
in
the
Afghanistan-Pakistan
military
relationship. Pakistan, just like Afghanistan
has suffered greatly at the hands of terrorists
and violent extremists, 3
This shows that
Pakistan
has
nothing
to do with
(Pakistan military taking an action)
communicating with India, theyre actually
communicating with Afghanistan about the
situation.Not ever did Pakistan want any
communication about their situation at the
moment. India had called off foreign
secretary-level talks at the eleventh hour after
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Pakistan High Commissioner in New Delhi

held consultations with Kashmiri /separatists

Pakistan plans to make changes to
in August. 1
make terrorism in their country to the lowest
My hypothesis for this is that India is
point ever, which is a good thing. The only
trying to make them look like theyre okay
problem in their way is Indias accusation, for
with Pakistan. For example, the representative
example India accuses Pakistan of sheltering
for India claimed that the discussion wasnt a
terrorists and using them to foment unrest in
failure 1
which is a little different. The
the country. On the other hand, Pakistan
accusations from Pakistan
deemed not
alleges India is helping Baloch separatists. 1 credible in Washington, D.C., and refuted

This claim is blatantly false in my opinion,

outright in New Delhi are hardly new. 2
It
India shouldnt even be claiming these things
shows that India is ruining its reputation with
if they dont have hard evidence to begin with.
people/connections in Washington D.C., which
Also in this quote, Accusations of Indias
is extremely bad. It shows that India is picking
involvement in Pakistan have been leveled
on Pakistan and just wants to reign as a better
not only by the military establishment and
country instead of helping.
media houses sympathetic to General
Consider this, if Pakistan is fixing their
Headquarters, Rawalpindi, but also by problem with terrorism, then why would India
members of the inner coterie of Nawaz
just accuse them of these things with no solid
Sharifs government. 2
India is trying to get
evidence provided. Pakistan will obviously be

into the business of Pakistan and blames it on

Terrorismchanges,
whileothers
accuse!

professional about it, and make a claim that

they are unable to lie about.

(Terrorism lookout in Pakistan)

Work Cited: Op-Ed
1. "Cooperation Needed to Address
Terrorism: Pakistan." The Economic
Times. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Mar. 2015.
2. Joshi, Rohan. "Pakistan's Terrorism
Accusations Against India: Bizarre But
Calculated." The Diplomat. N.p., 3 Mar.
2015. Web. 12 Mar. 2015.
3. "Pakistan Army Taking Steps against
Terrorism: US General." India Latest
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IndiaCom. N.p., 05 Mar. 2015. Web. 18
Mar. 2015
4. Desk, Web. "Pakistan Has Hydropower
Potential to Generate 60,000 MW
Electricity: Asif." AAJ News RSS. N.p., 4
Mar. 2015. Web. 18 Mar. 2015
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Work Cited: Cover Story

1. Desk, Web. "Pakistan Has Hydropower
Potential to Generate 60,000 MW
Electricity: Asif." AAJ News RSS. N.p., 4
Mar. 2015. Web. 18 Mar. 2015
2. Harris, Michael. "Pakistan Government
Hopes to Speed Completion of
1,410-MW Tarbela 4 Hydropower Plant
Extension." Hydroworld. N.p., 20 Feb.
2015. Web.
3. Harris, Michael. "Kuwait Provides
US$32 Million for Pakistan's 969-MW
Neelum Jhelum Hydropower Plant."
HydroWorld. N.p., 2 Mar. 2015. Web. 18
Mar. 2015.