ISB 23-01-2012_Layout 1 1/23/2012 6:37 AM Page 1 I will never Pakistan and Academy Awards join PTI, India series 2012: Reasons says Fatima Bhutto possible next year for a surprise PAGE 03 PAGE 18 PAGE 14 rs15.00 vol ii no 207 22 pages islamabad — peshawar edition pakistantoday.com.pk monday, 23 january, 2012 safar 28, 1433 Mansoor no ‘viceroy’ to demand military protocol, says Gilani g pM says interior Ministry to provide security to Mansoor ijaz g too much focus on ‘memogate’ portraying government’s weakness to the world LAHORE StAff REPORt KARACHI: 31 arrested Indian fishermen look on as a plain-clothed police officer offers prayers the at Dakas Police Station. inp story page 28 lAyING down Mansoor Ijaz’s ar - rival to Pakistan, Prime Minister yousaf Raza Gilani on Sunday said No security by he was no “viceroy” to demand being Restoration of NATO provided security by the military. PTalking to reporters after offering condolences army, AG tells to Amjad Kareem Randhawa, father of late supplies likely in Feb Arfa Kareem, Gilani said it was the duty of the Interior Ministry to provide him security, but g PCNS’s 35 recommendations on ‘new terms of Ijaz’s lawyer the protocol demanded was not allowed to any common man by the constitution. He said by engagement’ with US set to be approved soon ISLAMABAD giving such significance to the “memogate” MASOOD REHMAn and Mansoor Ijaz, “we are giving altogether a ISLAMABAD prove them through a resolution of its wrong image of Pakistan that the governments SHAIq HuSSAIn joint sitting in next few days.Parlia - The federal government on Sunday rejected here are so feeble that they cannot withstand ment is likely to ask the US to refrain the demand of Muhammad Akram Sheikh, allegations made in a newspaper article”. Pakistan is most likely to restore from violating Pakistan’s sovereignty counsel for Mansoor Ijaz, linking the arrival Gilani said the government would consider the suspended NATO supplies to in future, the way it did on November of his client to Islamabad with provision of the matter of awarding Arfa Nishan-e-Imtiaz, Afghanistan through its soil in the 26, last year when NATO airstrikes security cover by the armed forces, assuring the highest civil award. He said his government LAHORE: Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani first week of next month (Febru - were carried out on two Pakistani the lawyer that all steps had been taken to would cooperate with both parliamentary com - embraces the father of Arfa Karim during ary) after the completion of the on - outposts in Mohmand Agency. “The provide security to his client and his mittee for national security and the judicial his visit to their residence. afp going parliamentary reevaluation parliamentary resolution, which property. In reply to a letter written by Sheikh commission probing into the memo scandal. To of Islamabad ties with Washington will also seek formal US/NATO to Attorney General Maulvi Anwarul Haq on a question regarding resignation of Hussain relations, the prime minister said building by the end of current month. apology over killings of Pakistani Saturday insisting he would advise his client Haqqani, he said Haqqani was still innocent as friendly relations with every country was the The Parliamentary Committee soldiers and breach of country’s not to come to Islamabad if the armed forces no charge had been proven against him. main objective of Pakistan’s foreign policy. on National Security (PCNS) has border, will pave the way for failed to provide him security, the AG said in He said no memo was dangerous for the come up with 35 recommendations Continued on page 04 his letter to Sheikh that: country, but the message being conveyed to Continued on page 04 on ‘new terms of engagement’ with the world about our institutional weaknesses the US and parliament is all set to ap - pdC to bloCk nato supply by forCe | page 22 Continued on page 04 was dangerous. To a question about Pak-US statements aimed at obstruCting ijaz’s arrival | page 03 ISB 23-01-2012_Layout 1 1/23/2012 6:38 AM Page 2 02 News monday , 23 January , 2012 iSlamabad NewS fOreigN NewS today’s CDA fails to protect caged animals How Pakistan helps drone drive Killing of french troops ‘individual action’: Karzai Quick Look Story on Page 07 Story on Page 06 Story on Page 17 Govt fails to expedite hydel power projects started per Power Policy 2002 g Only two major hydropower projects completed in last 11 years despite funds being regularly released ISLAMABAD told Pakistan Today that hydroelec - AMER SIAL tricity had not received the priority it deserved in government planning. Failure of the government to expedite Had hydroelectricity generation construction of the hydel power projects been dominant mode of power produc - started under the Power Policy 2002 tion, the government could have have started to haunt its efforts to achieved the objective of consumer-end change the costly fuel mix, which was tariffs at affordable levels and also met the only thing that could provide some the true cost of electricity production. relief to over burdened consumers. He said whenever the question An official source said that after the about hydroelectricity was raised, the announcement of the prime minister MOWP always came up with the re - that load shedding would be reduced sponse that hydropower projects took a during the current calendar year, the long time to build and needed huge cap - Ministry of Water and Power (MOWP) ital investment. “But this is a rather was under pressure to make efforts to weak argument in view of modern hy - fast track at least the run of the river dropower project management”. hydel power projects. Abbasi said Indian policymakers Under the Power Policy 2002, the were working towards adding government had planned run-of-rivers 50,000MW of clean and renewable hy - hydropower projects for adding dropower to their energy mix. 4,325MW of electricity, and funds were He said their public sector hy - provided accordingly during the last 11 dropower projects, 520MW Omkaresh - years. However, only two major projects war project on the Narmada River was were completed. Delay in all these proj - completed in four years. ects has intensified the energy crisis in Small hydropower projects are tak - the country. The government has never ing 20 to 22 months for completion. bothered to look into causes of delay for He said the 86MW Malana hydro - these projects even though funds were electric power project in Himachal regularly released, the source added. Pradesh was constructed within 30 During 2000 to 2011 period, months against its five-year schedule in ISLAMABAD: A beautiful view of a cloudy capital on Sunday. inp WAPDA managed construction of only difficult mountainous terrain at high al - run of the river 1,450MW Ghazi Barotha titude. Abbasi said in 2008, an entrepre - Hydropower Project, Mangla dam up - neur sought permission for 600MW raising project which is estimated to Mahl hydropower plant which was ad - provide 2.8MAF additional storage and vertised by the Board of Investment for 655GWh additional power generation, private-sector investment. Muslim League unification but is not being utilised for the last two He even managed to arrange years due to the land resettlement is - $800 million for the generation and sues. WAPDA only managed construc - sale of electricity at just Rs 4 per unit. tion of 72MW Khan Khawar and non This was sabotaged by some officials remains a distant dream grid 17.3MW Satpara dam project in of the ministry. As a last resort, the in - Sakurdu. vestor published an appeal to the LAHORE supporters were quite worried over their de - reports that Mehmood brought any message Pakistan had surplus of electricity in president and prime minister on nAuMAn tASLEEM clining reputation. Mehmood was also con - from a senior journalist. He said that besides 2002, but is now faced with a shortfall March 27, 2010, requesting them to vinced that if the PMl-N and PMl-Q got their Mehmood another senior lawyer-cum-politi - of 5,500MW. The annual rate of growth intervene to enable the development With mistrust on both sides, the unification of axes together then they would have no worry cian was also involved in this regard. in electricity consumption is estimated of the Mahl hydropower project. He PMl-N and PMl-Q seems a far fetched idea, at all in coming days but PMl-Q leaders were He said that the PMl-Q had never re - to be close to 10 percent because of the never had a reply from them. especially under the present circumstances looking at these efforts as late, especially when mained an obstacle in uniting the leagues but continuous unplanned rural electrifica - However, in April 2011, MOWP sent when the PMl-Q is comfortable and happy they were chalking out a strategy with the PPP the stubbornness of the Sharifs had dented tion under political pressures. another demand to the Friends of Pak - with the ruling PPP. for Senate polls and the next general elections. prospects in this regard. Kamil said that the The government’s failure to antic - istan seeking funds of $37 billion for hy - PMl-F leader Makhdoom Ahmed PMl-Q leaders believed that the PMl-N PMl-Q remained intact in hard times and ipate the galloping growth and taking dropower projects, including for the Mehmood met PMl-Q top leaders Chaudhry was a bit late in launching reconciliation efforts kept its identity. “The PMl-N leadership’s appropriate measures is major cause Mahl hydropower project.