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Protests continue in Sindh against Pakistan government's canal project on
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
The Cholistan Canals issue has become a point of difference between the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP)- led Sindh government and the Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif-led federal government.
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Pakistan: HRCP calls for action on land rights, women's inclusion in agric
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
The convention painted a bleak picture of the ongoing crisis in Pakistan's agricultural heartland, with climate change severely disrupting crop cycles and threatening the livelihoods of many farmers.
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Pakistan: Irrigation experts confirm construction halted at Cholistan Cana
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
A team of senior irrigation experts sent by the Sindh chief minister has confirmed that construction on a stretch of the controversial Cholistan Flood Feeder canal was initiated but is currently halted, with machinery idle and no active work observed at the site.
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Pakistan disaster management authority issues severe weather, rain warning
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Pakistan's NDMA has issued a severe weather warning for Punjab and Islamabad, advising tourists to stay cautious amid forecasts of rain and hail. Meanwhile, the Punjab cabinet approved climate resilience projects, including PKR 550 million in flood and erosion protection measures.
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Pak: Altaf Hussain accuses PPP of betraying Sindh over Indus Canal project
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
MQM founder Altaf Hussain launched a scathing attack on the PPP and President Asif Ali Zardari, accusing them of betraying Sindh by approving new canals under the Green Pakistan Initiative. He warned the project would devastate Sindh's agriculture while enriching Punjab and military-backed e
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Pakistan: Farmers, nationalists join forces against new canals
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Farmers and nationalist groups in Sindh have united to oppose the federal government's plans to build six new canals on the Indus River, claiming they will exacerbate water scarcity in the province. The Sindh Chamber of Agriculture and other organisations criticised the projects for ignoring
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Pakistan: Hindu girl murdered after gang rape
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
In yet another case of atrocity against minorities in Pakistan, a Hindu girl was allegedly gang-raped and murdered at Qasim Wala Bangla in the Cholistan desert.
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Pakistan's Cholistan region protest for release of water in canals
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Rahim Yar Khan [Pakistan], June 3 (ANI): Pakistan's Cholistan region (desert) on Tuesday protested for release of water in canals as they had been facing an acute water shortage for the last two months and were forced to drink brackish subsoil water.
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