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Members of All Pakistan Clerks Association (APCA) are holding a protest demonstration against building new canals to draw additional water from the Indus River, anti- people policies decisions and amending the Irsa Act, at Hyderabad Press Club on Thursday, April 24, 2025. — PPI
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Despite the assurance of Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif, Sindh’s demonstrations remain that no new streams will be constructed without consensus, as there is no indication of the end of public opposition to the federal government’s controversial six canal project from the Indus River.
Lawyers, nationalist organizations, civil society members, and political leaders continue to sit and strike in several districts, and insisted that the project be eliminated through a formal, binding information.
In Khairpur, a lawyer’s sit -in on the National Highway on the National Highway entered his eighth day on Friday, in which Bar Councils in Sindh joined the demonstration.
The leaders of the Khairpur Bar reiterated the demand for a formal notification to cancel the project, warned that the protests would not end until then.
Karachi also witnessed a major obstacle as the Sindh Bar Council continued a strike across its province, the lockout of the City Court Court Room entered the fourth consecutive day.
Hundreds of hearings were postponed, and the minor prisoners were not presented in court, which caused legal trouble. However, the proceedings in the Sindh High Court continued as usual.
The Karachi Bar Association warned that the protest would continue until the information about the construction of the canal was withdrawn.
In addition, the lawyers protested on Jinnah Road, which later disrupted traffic before ending their demonstration.
In Ghotki, the key highways and border crossing between Sindh and Punjab were completely closed, two major sit -ins continued on the national highway, respectively, respectively, respectively, respectively, respectively, respectively, respectively.
The transport of goods across the provincial border has been paralyzed for about a week, causing hundreds of vehicles to be trapped. A member of the Sindh Bar Council said, “All routes from Punjab to Sindh are blocked. Our aim is not to hurt the locals.”
The sit -in of nationalist organizations at Mahasar Chowk, located on the Indus Highway in Maher, concluded when traffic was restored between Karachi and Lakana.
However, simultaneous protests under the Muthaida Dirat Attihad Banner in Dadu participated by the Bar Association’s office bearers, including lawyers, civil society, and farmers.
Meanwhile, in Hyderabad, the Hyderabad Union of Journalists organized a protest camp outside the press club, which attracted several speakers from Sindh’s political, social, literary, agricultural and business communities.
Participants condemned the aggression of Indian water and demanded the cancellation of both canal and corporate farming projects. He insisted that the cancellation notification must be jointly signed by the President and the Prime Minister.
The speakers included senior personalities such as Maula Box Market (PPP), Advisor Abdul Jabbar Khan, Journalist Jimmy Chandio, Ayaz Latif Palejo, Sahib Zobir (National Yujheeti Council), businessman Adeel Sidkai, and others.
He said that the issue of water affects everyone who drinks from the Indus River.
The Prime Minister, the agreement to reach Bilawal
A day after the ongoing protest, Prime Minister Shahbaz and PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari met at a high stake in Islamabad on Thursday, after which it increased the unrest in Sindh.
At a joint press conference, Premier announced that no streams could be constructed unless there was a consensus in the common interests (CCI). He confirmed that the next meeting of the CCI on May 2 would formally confirm the agreement with the PPP.
Following the progress, the PPP and the PML -N faced increasing tensions, the PPP accused the federal government of disrupting Sindh’s water rights through the development of a unilateral canal.
Bilawal, Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah joined, thanked the Prime Minister for accepting the demands of the PPP and confirmed that no project could move forward without provincial consensus.
CM Shah termed the agreement a “major victory” and said that the PPP has maintained that the project is against the interests of Sindh. He welcomed the scheduled CCI meeting and expressed confidence that the project would be formally abolished.
The controversial plan to divert six new canals from the Indus River earlier this year received the first national attention when Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz launched the Green Pakistan initiative in Cholistan, which raised concerns about water shortage in Sindh.
In March, the Sindh Assembly unanimously opposed the project, while nationalist parties, including the great democratic alliance, mobilized mass rallies in Karachi, Skor, Nawabshah and Darkki.
Although the federal government has indicated the willingness to return the canal project, the protesters of the entire Sindh are unanimous, and they insisted that only one formal cancellation notification signed by both the Prime Minister and the President will abolish the movement.
