INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:

Kalabagh dam will be built at any cost, remarks CJP Saqib NisarISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan, Justice

while heading a three-member bench hearing a plea in connection with construction of Kalabagh Dam.Justice Nisar said construction of dams

would be top priority of the Superior Court, however, we should first focus on the dams that were not controversial.Meanwhile, the Chief

Justice asked former chairman Wapda, Engineer Shamsul Mulk to guide on the matter as only experts could find out better solution of the

issue.Explaining the benefits, Shamsul Mulk cited China generating around 30,000 megawatts of electricity from dams

they would not be fully facilitated with benefits of the Dam.The Chief Justice said that all four provinces will benefit from construction

of new dams

Nisar said that seminars should be conducted for the awareness and importance of Kalabagh Dam, nothing would be wrong if the dam was

constructed, however, four provinces have to react like four brothers, if someone sacrifice for the betterment of whole family, it should be

obliged, he added

Media should play its role in awareness of the importance of dams in the country, he expressed.