Pakistani Kashmir Residents Fear Power Project Will Destroy Economy, Livelihood

By Roshan Mughal

Shoukat Nawaz remembers the days when he could enjoy the fresh cold air on his balcony in a three-story house along a riverbank in Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistan-administered Kashmir. Today, a stench greets him as he goes outside.

"Now it stinks here. The smell is really bad, and the temperature has...