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- ↑ "PELAR DAM PROJECT". Wapda, Govt. of Pakistan. Archived from the original on 10 June 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
- ↑ "Funds for dozens of power projects, dams stopped". Dawn News. 12 May 2011. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
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