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Pak: Nawaz urges PPP-govt talks on water dispute
Updated : 11 months, 1 week ago IST
Nawaz Sharif has called on the federal government to hold talks with the PPP to resolve the escalating water dispute between Punjab and Sindh, urging all parties to avoid political point-scoring over the sensitive issue.
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Sindh lawyers to launch long march against Indus River Canals project
Updated : 11 months, 1 week ago IST
According to the Dawn, in a press conference held at the Karachi Bar Association (KBA) office on Wednesday, KBA representatives called on all political parties and members of civil society to stand with them in opposition to the project.
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Pak: Altaf Hussain accuses PPP of betraying Sindh over Indus Canal project
Updated : 11 months, 2 weeks 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: Balochistan farmers concerned about standing crops due to reduc
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
Balochistan, an arid region with no major river flowing through it, relies on water supply from the Indus River to irrigate land in many parts.
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Pakistan: Farmers, nationalists join forces against new canals
Updated : 1 year, 4 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 grapples with water contamination: 100 pc water in PoGB unfit for
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
A troubling report from Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan (PoGB) reveals that all water samples from the region are contaminated, rendering the water unsafe for consumption.
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Pakistan's Punjab taking water from two canals despite Sindh's objection:
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Despite the objections raised by Sindh members, IRSA permitted Punjab to take water from TP Link Canal.
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Sindh continues to face discrimination from Pakistan Govt
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Sindh [Pakistan], October 12 (ANI): The province of Sindh has been meted out with discriminatory treatment in water issues, this has become the fate of the province since Pakistan's independence.
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Pakistan political party holds rallies protesting water shortage in Sindh
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Sindh [Pakistan], July 1 (ANI): Pakistan's political party Jiye Sindh Quami Mahaz (JSQM) took out rallies in parts of Sindh protesting the water shortage in the province, local media reported.
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Pakistan's water crisis to cause interprovincial rivalry, deteriorate huma
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 30 (ANI): The severe water crisis in Pakistan may create fissures between the two major coalition partners -- Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) --and can further deteriorate the human rights situation in Balochistan.
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Water share: Pak's Sindh deprived of 46 pc, Balochistan 84 pc, says report
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 26 (ANI): Amid the ongoing water shortage in Pakistan and incessant rise in water theft, the National Assembly's Standing Committee on Water Resources was informed had that Sindh was being deprived of 46 per cent of its water share in Punjab province and Balochistan
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Pak: Sindh water crisis skyrockets due to 'indecisive' water governance
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], May 23 (ANI): Amid the ongoing water shortage in Pakistan and incessant rise in water theft, a high profile committee has been appointed during the proceedings of the National Assembly's Standing Committee on Water Resources in Islamabad to deal with the alarming crisis.
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