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Amid the growing row on the controversial canal project, Minister for Information Ozima Bukhari has accused the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) of doing political politics of the ongoing dispute of the canals and providing false information to the people.
In a conversation with Geo News “program” Geo Pakistan “, Bukhari expressed concern over the inflammatory commentary on the issue and questioned the PPP’s attention on the needs of Sindh’s agricultural community despite the rule of the province for more than a decade.
He said that the party, led by Bilawal Bhutto-Jedri, has been ruling Sindh for the past 16 years, and it should “supply” it now. He warned, “If the PPP continues to distort the facts, they will have to be held accountable.”
Under the Green Pakistan Initiative, which was launched in February, the federal government’s proposed plan to construct six canals to irrigate the desert of Punjab, under the Green Pakistan Initiative, has been the brunt of dispute between the Muslim League (N and its ruling partner, which is in Sindh.
After several words of war, the snow melted somewhat between the two sides when the two sides agreed to discuss the matter after the premiere extended to the premiere of Sindh Senior Minister Sharjeel Anim Memon to discuss the matter.
However, the matter was not resolved with a continuous heat exchange between Punjab and Sindh provincial governments.
On Tuesday, CM Murad Ali Shah of Sindh also said that “the party does not want to demolish the federal government under the PML -N, it has the power to do so”.
In response, Bukhari said that the PML -N has tolerated and warns it for 16 months of caretaker governance and is still tolerating.
He also defended the federal government’s plan and said that the construction of the canal has not yet started and the project will use flood water, not a regular irrigation supply.
The PML -N minister said, “Sindh cannot order us how we use flood water.” However, he dismissed the possibility of cancellation of the project if there was no consensus between the two sides.
Meanwhile, senior PPP leaders from Punjab organized a press conference in Islamabad, which strongly criticized the provincial government and questioned the feasibility of the project.
Chaudhry Manzoor said that the system of Sindh River is already 43 % reduction and it has demanded clarification by Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz, on which the canal will be diverted for water supply to Cholistan. He also rejected President Asif Ali Zardari’s approval of the plan and said that the President has no constitutional authority to approve the administrative matters.
Nadeem Afzal Chen, who felt Manzoor on the Perseria, warned against the issue and divided the provinces.
He accused of selling billions of rupees worth of land, saying, “He claims to be the heirs of Punjab, but he can be the heir of Sa’i -ul -Haq, not Punjab.”
Chen added that the PPP is united with the system, not with the government. He said that the Punjab government was selling to public schools and suffering Rs 1,100 billion to the farmers.
It should be noted that the announcement of the federal government’s controversial plan also gave rise to a wave of unrest throughout Sindh, and in March, the Provincial Assembly unanimously approved a resolution against the construction of six new canals on the Indus River.
Meanwhile, the Grand Democratic Alliance (GDA) and other nationalist parties took to the streets and staged mass rallies in different cities of the province including Karachi.
These protests have intensified all over Sindh. In Khairpur, a sit -in headed by the lawyers entered Babaloi bypass on his sixth day, PML -N President Bashir Memon arrived to discuss with the protesters on the instructions of the Prime Minister.
Meanwhile, lawyers and civil society groups have formed a 14 -member team to represent them in talks with the federal government.
Demonstrations are also being held in Hyderabad, Ghotki, Thutta, and other cities, where protesters – including members of nationalist, political and religious parties – have stopped the streets and highways, and demanded that the canals plan end.
Transportation barriers began to cut off. In Ghotki, the National Highway is blocked for four consecutive days, causing long rows of transportation of goods and long queues of livestock vehicles. Traders expressed deep concern over the delay in their trapped animals and delivery.
In Hyderabad, lawyers have boycotted judicial proceedings after the Sindh Bar Council call. In Kandhkot, a sit -in has been going on on the Indus Highway for three days in Golmour, which is organized by the unity of the lawyers and the movement of all parties.
Due to the protests, traffic going towards Sindh, Punjab and Balochistan is suspended. There are also separate protests in Shakirpur, Dharki, Obaru and Thatta.
In Ghotki, there is a protest against the controversial canals on the national highway, which is against the controversial canals starting from Sindh. A protest camp has also been set up in Kamo Shahid on the border of Sindh Punjab.