US to focus on Water
During Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s visit last October, people raised several issues over and over again, including water, energy, health, jobs, as US hadn’t really focused on water before the dialogue began. Now they are and it is one of their most productive task forces. Earlier today, Clinton announced the construction of two hydroelectric dams, the rebuilding of municipal water systems in Peshawar and Jacobabad, improvements to water systems for millions of people in Southern Punjab, the renovation of three hospitals – Lahore, Karachi, and also in Jacobabad. All these projects were made possible by the Kerry- Lugar-Berman.
Energy and water are among the two highest priorities of US. As an additional aspects to US energy program, it will complete the dam and the powerhouse at Satpara Dam; and the dam, the powerhouse transmission at Gomal Zam Dam. US is working on a study on the Multan Northern Generating Company repowering to try to determine how it can convert the aging and inefficient multi-thermal power plant into a more efficient station. US is funding a biomass-fueled boiler feasibility study for Bulleh Shah Paper Mill and are also looking at the Gharo Corridor for a wind farm feasibility study. Beaconhouse schools will be provided solar power.
US wishes to see that steps were taken in the last six, seven years to open up more interaction in Kashmir, to open the bus routes, to create more opportunities for the people of Kashmir to be built upon in a way that would allow both sides to concentrate on internal development instead of so much of their resources going into standoffs on glaciers.
Monday, July 19, 2010
Sunday, July 18, 2010
noBrainer, dont bother
I am waking up everyday with nobrainer.com stuck in my head. Its temporary I can tell, but what if it isn’t. Now that’s scary! So am I stuck…? I think I’ll ask someone who is intelligent and wise, and has seen better ways of life than I have. I went over some symptoms just incase; let’s see, so I thought I should ask myself these questions and be honest about them rather than have someone else assess me-or judge, we really like to judge and assume this self-proclaimed absolute authority over other people’s lives.
• Am I unable to sustain attention and concentration? (Affirmative)
• Am I easily distracted? (Affirmative)
• Do I develop inappropriate levels of activity? (Affirmative)
• Am I impulsive? (Affirmative)
Hmmmmm!!!! It doesn’t feel as bad as it looks. Hahahahhahahhahahaa…I’ll survive whatever my scores are. I keep replaying the same tune "hor vi neevan ho"; I tell myself to believe this and ‘not just in theory’…
I am connecting indiscriminate occurrences in my head as if I’m some kind of conspiracy theorist, not that it hurts the head, but I must admit that it does get very exhausting. I have done nothing for the past 24 hours, okay that’s a lie. I did work on the matrix, a project I look forward to everyday-and keep playing myself this hypothetical day in my head, the day this project really happens. My mind lapses every two minutes as a hazed web takes over each of my thought. Things aren’t so simple and yet they are, the complexity of different auras confuses the air creating a vacuum. I have carved myself a more meaningful void. It helps me protract my sanity, cull my composure and lose my anxiety. Thank God my life isn't a dot-to-dot :D. That would've been painfully sad.
• Am I unable to sustain attention and concentration? (Affirmative)
• Am I easily distracted? (Affirmative)
• Do I develop inappropriate levels of activity? (Affirmative)
• Am I impulsive? (Affirmative)
Hmmmmm!!!! It doesn’t feel as bad as it looks. Hahahahhahahhahahaa…I’ll survive whatever my scores are. I keep replaying the same tune "hor vi neevan ho"; I tell myself to believe this and ‘not just in theory’…
I am connecting indiscriminate occurrences in my head as if I’m some kind of conspiracy theorist, not that it hurts the head, but I must admit that it does get very exhausting. I have done nothing for the past 24 hours, okay that’s a lie. I did work on the matrix, a project I look forward to everyday-and keep playing myself this hypothetical day in my head, the day this project really happens. My mind lapses every two minutes as a hazed web takes over each of my thought. Things aren’t so simple and yet they are, the complexity of different auras confuses the air creating a vacuum. I have carved myself a more meaningful void. It helps me protract my sanity, cull my composure and lose my anxiety. Thank God my life isn't a dot-to-dot :D. That would've been painfully sad.
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
88 million poor
Oxford Poverty and Human Development Index and the UNDP Human Development Report has launched a Multidimensional Poverty Index
The index gives a broad-scale picture of people living in poverty.
The measure assesses the nature and intensity of poverty at the individual level in education, health outcomes, and standard of living.
Pakistan scores an unbelievable 0.28 per cent on Oxford’s new and innovative multidimensional poverty index. The percentage is on the upper end of he bracket. Pakistan is slightly better than India that too because of its concise dimensions. India hit 0.30 with over 800 million poor residing without the basics.
The table reports various descriptive statistics of Pakistan.
The indicators were distributed among sectors concerning Education, Health and Living Standard, which were the main components of MPI.
Pakistan percentage contribution of each indicator in descending order;
-Child Mortality
-Child Enrollment
-Schooling
-Sanitation
-Cooking Fuel
-Floor
-Assets
-Drinking Water
-Electricity
-Nutrition
Hence health and education being the key dimensions affecting millions of Pakistanis living below the required human development index.
The index gives a broad-scale picture of people living in poverty.
The measure assesses the nature and intensity of poverty at the individual level in education, health outcomes, and standard of living.
Pakistan scores an unbelievable 0.28 per cent on Oxford’s new and innovative multidimensional poverty index. The percentage is on the upper end of he bracket. Pakistan is slightly better than India that too because of its concise dimensions. India hit 0.30 with over 800 million poor residing without the basics.
The table reports various descriptive statistics of Pakistan.
The indicators were distributed among sectors concerning Education, Health and Living Standard, which were the main components of MPI.
Pakistan percentage contribution of each indicator in descending order;
-Child Mortality
-Child Enrollment
-Schooling
-Sanitation
-Cooking Fuel
-Floor
-Assets
-Drinking Water
-Electricity
-Nutrition
Hence health and education being the key dimensions affecting millions of Pakistanis living below the required human development index.
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Friends turn foes turn friends turn…
Water-sharing is turning out to be one of the most critical yet solvable challenges that our irrigation is facing.
Recently, the Balochistan Irrigation Minister has threatened Sindh of stopping its water supply to Karachi if it fails to release it’s due share. Crops spread over millions of acres in Naseerabad and Jaffarabad have been destroyed due to Aitch-two-O’s shortage. (update: IRSA's officials have resigned over CJ Link Canal)
But the good news this time around is that it isn’t Punjab. The blame falls on Sindh. So we wait for the next bulletin to see, how Sindh deals with Balochistan or the foreseeable Karachi’s water crisis.
It sometimes makes one wonder keh who’s lying ‘now’. Is it Punjab’s Irrigation, or is it Irsa or The Politicians. I know if nothing works lets blame it on RAW or Mossad.
Waisey bhi who would’ve known a decade ago that water is going to turn out to be such a HOT commodity.
Abrar did (thesis coming up very soon!)
It’s a completely new dimension for those people who chose to live in ignorance and thought that their generations to come and the next will out-live this exceptional yet scarce resource.
‘WATER’ the 360 Degree Masla!
However, staying with the irrigation issue, the inter-provincial conflict dates back to pre-partition, later when the fed interfered and allocated water on adhoc basis, mostly favouring Punjab; That there was one friendly moment in ’91 when the four chief ministers agreed on the Indus Water Accord. Regardless of which what started pre ’47 continues till this day.
The Representatives continue to resign every day, as they fail to tackle the resentment and fall through on the assurances and the re-assurances over the formula for the distribution. Many realize that the country despite relying on the sole Indus River System is being exposed to the increase in demand for consumption, exploitation of groundwater, to the sinking tube wells etc etc. And then 'we' are not too keen on building dams either, yet willing to live with a possible food crisis and without the power supply...why because 'we' find ways of being numb to our rights that the state has promised.
Recently, the Balochistan Irrigation Minister has threatened Sindh of stopping its water supply to Karachi if it fails to release it’s due share. Crops spread over millions of acres in Naseerabad and Jaffarabad have been destroyed due to Aitch-two-O’s shortage. (update: IRSA's officials have resigned over CJ Link Canal)
But the good news this time around is that it isn’t Punjab. The blame falls on Sindh. So we wait for the next bulletin to see, how Sindh deals with Balochistan or the foreseeable Karachi’s water crisis.
It sometimes makes one wonder keh who’s lying ‘now’. Is it Punjab’s Irrigation, or is it Irsa or The Politicians. I know if nothing works lets blame it on RAW or Mossad.
Waisey bhi who would’ve known a decade ago that water is going to turn out to be such a HOT commodity.
Abrar did (thesis coming up very soon!)
It’s a completely new dimension for those people who chose to live in ignorance and thought that their generations to come and the next will out-live this exceptional yet scarce resource.
‘WATER’ the 360 Degree Masla!
However, staying with the irrigation issue, the inter-provincial conflict dates back to pre-partition, later when the fed interfered and allocated water on adhoc basis, mostly favouring Punjab; That there was one friendly moment in ’91 when the four chief ministers agreed on the Indus Water Accord. Regardless of which what started pre ’47 continues till this day.
The Representatives continue to resign every day, as they fail to tackle the resentment and fall through on the assurances and the re-assurances over the formula for the distribution. Many realize that the country despite relying on the sole Indus River System is being exposed to the increase in demand for consumption, exploitation of groundwater, to the sinking tube wells etc etc. And then 'we' are not too keen on building dams either, yet willing to live with a possible food crisis and without the power supply...why because 'we' find ways of being numb to our rights that the state has promised.
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