Pakistan and the World Bank have agreed to expedite the implementation of Dasu Hydropower Project (DHP) planned to build a 242-metre tall dam that will support a 4,320 megawatts (MW) hydropower ...

Pakistan faces growing challenges in its water and hydropower projects due to severe funding shortages and escalating construction costs. Key projects, including the Dasu Hydropower Project and Diamer ...

The World Bank has approved an additional $1 billion loan for the Dasu hydropower project but at the same time sees a whopping $18 billion energy sector circular debt a barrier to future investment in ...

The remains of the five Chinese victims who were killed in the terrorist attack on the Dasu hydropower project in Pakistan were brought back to China on a Pakistani military plane, escorted by ...

Security personnel inspect the site of a suicide attack near Besham city in the Shangla district of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on March 26, 2024. Five Chinese nationals working on the Dasu ...

The World Bank will provide a $1 billion loan for the 2,160 megawatts Dasu hydropower project—a crucial initiative aimed at integrating cheaper electricity into Pakistan’s energy mix and showcasing ...

Pakistan suicide bomb attack: Five Chinese nationals working on a major dam construction site were killed along with their driver when a suicide bomber targeted their vehicle in northwest Pakistan, ...

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The World Bank said Tuesday it has approved $1 billion for the construction of Pakistan's biggest Dasu hydropower project, which is being built in the country's northwest with China's ...

A spokesperson from the Chinese foreign ministry on Monday announced that the bodies of five Chinese nationals, who perished in a terrorist attack at the Dasu project in Pakistan, were repatriated to ...

The project is located on the Indus river, 7 km upstream of Dasun, in the district of Kohistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, in Pakistan. The Dasu project is downstream of the proposed Diamer Basha dam site ...

Pakistan has been grappling with a surge in violence from militant and terrorist groups since the Taliban seized power in neighboring Afghanistan following the withdrawal of American troops in 2021.