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Pak: Altaf Hussain accuses PPP of betraying Sindh over Indus Canal project
Updated : 11 months 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, 3 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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Water share: Pak's Sindh deprived of 46 pc, Balochistan 84 pc, says report
Updated : 3 years, 9 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, 9 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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Sindh human rights group to protest outside UN office over water crisis
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [US], May 19 (ANI): Amid the ongoing water shortage in Pakistan leading to a tense standoff between the provinces of Punjab and Sindh, a human rights group, Jeay Sindh Freedom Movement (JSFM) has called for protests against the crisis in front of the UN office in New York.
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Pakistan's water woes to worsen with climate change
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 17 (ANI): Highlighting that the Himalayan glaciers have lost more mass since 2000 than in the entire twentieth century, a report by a Washington-based institute said that water scarcity in Pakistan is projected to worsen with climate change.
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Water released from Taunsa barrage in Pakistan's Punjab fails to reach Sin
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], May 16 (ANI): Water released from the Taunsa barrage in Pakistan's Punjab province for Sindh reportedly failed to reach its destination in Sindh in an interesting development hinting at the country's water struggle.
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Tensions escalate between Pakistan's Punjab, Sindh provinces over water sh
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], May 14 (ANI): Acute water shortage along with a searing heatwave have sparked tensions between Sindh and Punjab in Pakistan over their share of the nation's water resources.
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Pakistan: Thatta people protest against water scarcity, blocks National Hi
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Thatta [Pakistan], May 5 (ANI): People of Thatta, a city in the Pakistani province of Sindh, staged a sit-in protest on Thursday, blocking the National Highway on account of the acute water shortage in the Sindh province.
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Sindh facing acute water crisis, asks Pak govt's help
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], May 5 (ANI): Noting the acute water shortage in Pakistan, Sindh Information Minister Sharjeel Memon has made an appeal to the federal government on Thursday to address the water crisis in Sindh and provide water to the province.
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Pak govt, Sindh clash over allocation of funds for development schemes
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], June 8 (ANI): While the row over water shortage is yet to die down between the Pakistan government and Sindh, the latter on Sunday picked a fight with the former accusing that it has ignored the province in the allocation of funds for launching development schemes.
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Pakistan's Punjab cabinet rejects Sindh's water stance
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], June 5 (ANI): Pakistan's Punjab cabinet has expressed its concern over the irresponsible behaviour of the Sindh government for the sake of point-scoring on water issue.
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