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Diamer-Bhasha: WB links dam
ISLAMABAD:
Amidst strained relations with the US, Pakistan was unable to obtain a positive response from Washington-based World Bank to help finance the $11.7 billion Diamer-Bhasha dam project.
Sources in the ministry of finance revealed that the World Bank has again linked the financing of the multi-billion dollar project with Indian concurrence. Pakistan was unable to receive a firm commitment from World Banks Vice President for South Asia Isabel Guerrero to co-finance the mega project when Finance Minister Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh met with the former on Monday.
Sources added that Shaikh raised the issue of financing the dam with the vice president but could not get a welcoming response.
Earlier, the government had claimed that the World Bank has agreed in principle to finance the project. The breakthrough was achieved during Shaikhs meetings with top officials of the international lending agency during his visit to Washington.
Officials are attributing the banks retraction and change of heart to the strained relationship that Islamabad and Washington have witnessed of late. Some sources said that the World Bank has linked the financing of the dam with Indian concurrence for the project given Indias opposition to the dam on claims that it is located in the disputed territory of Gilgit-Baltistan.
Insiders insisted that the US has given assurances that it will ask the World Bank to finance the project but the promise remains unfulfilled. We have come to the conclusion that the issue of the financing of the dam by the World Bank can only be resolved during strategic discussions with the US, an official said.
The US enjoys immense clout over the working of the international bank given that it is the largest fund provider and also holds the presidency of the multilateral lending agency.
The finance minister also asked the World Bank to restore its budgetary support that remained suspended due to deterioration in key macroeconomic indicators of the country. However, the government could not get encouraging response on that front either.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is expected to be the lead financer of the project that is expected to generate 4500 megawatts of electricity besides storing water for agriculture purposes once completed.
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Diamer-Bhasha: WB links dam
ISLAMABAD:
Amidst strained relations with the US, Pakistan was unable to obtain a positive response from Washington-based World Bank to help finance the $11.7 billion Diamer-Bhasha dam project.
Sources in the ministry of finance revealed that the World Bank has again linked the financing of the multi-billion dollar project with Indian concurrence. Pakistan was unable to receive a firm commitment from World Banks Vice President for South Asia Isabel Guerrero to co-finance the mega project when Finance Minister Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh met with the former on Monday.
Sources added that Shaikh raised the issue of financing the dam with the vice president but could not get a welcoming response.
Earlier, the government had claimed that the World Bank has agreed in principle to finance the project. The breakthrough was achieved during Shaikhs meetings with top officials of the international lending agency during his visit to Washington.
Officials are attributing the banks retraction and change of heart to the strained relationship that Islamabad and Washington have witnessed of late. Some sources said that the World Bank has linked the financing of the dam with Indian concurrence for the project given Indias opposition to the dam on claims that it is located in the disputed territory of Gilgit-Baltistan.
Insiders insisted that the US has given assurances that it will ask the World Bank to finance the project but the promise remains unfulfilled. We have come to the conclusion that the issue of the financing of the dam by the World Bank can only be resolved during strategic discussions with the US, an official said.
The US enjoys immense clout over the working of the international bank given that it is the largest fund provider and also holds the presidency of the multilateral lending agency.
The finance minister also asked the World Bank to restore its budgetary support that remained suspended due to deterioration in key macroeconomic indicators of the country. However, the government could not get encouraging response on that front either.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is expected to be the lead financer of the project that is expected to generate 4500 megawatts of electricity besides storing water for agriculture purposes once completed.
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i am one of those whom send every years 8-10 thousands dollars to pakistan 
mushy said bye bye to IMF and pay them 1bn$ check not from his farm house but from pakistani money .
