PPP leader Faryal Talpur on Sunday said that her party would not allow the construction of new canals over the Indus River and warned that if such issues kept cropping up, the entire province would rise, adding that they did not want any chaos in Sindh.<\/p>\n
Chief of the Army Staff Gen Asim Munir and Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz inaugurated the ambitious Cholistan project to irrigate south Punjab\u2019s lands on February 15 amid public uproar and strong reservations in Sindh.<\/p>\n
The contentious $3.3 billion Green Pakistan Initiative (GPI) launched by the federal government to develop six canals to irrigate 1.2 million acres of \u201cbarren land\u201d in south Punjab has been strongly opposed by the PPP, which is in power in Sindh, as well as farmers and other stakeholders. Lawyers warned the federal government yesterday that they would initiate protests if the planned construction of canals in Cholistan was not stopped within a week.<\/p>\n
Earlier this week, lawyers warned the federal government that they would initiate protests if the planned construction of canals in Cholistan was not stopped within a week.<\/p>\n
Addressing a rally organised at the residence of Senior Sindh Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon\u2019s residence in Tando Jam today, Talpur said even her party workers would not allow the construction of canals.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is a question of your livelihood, and it is a question of water,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n
She criticised the opposition for underestimating the PPP, adding that it was a party of martyrs and leaders who had sacrificed their lives.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will fight till our last breath but will not allow the construction of these canals,\u201d she said, recalling President Asif Ali Zardari\u2019s statement in the joint session of parliament where he opposed the construction of canals.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat are you going to do? Are you going to irrigate a desert by destroying a garden?\u201d Talpur asked.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhere did this mindset actually come from?\u201d she said, questioning as to what kind of politics this was.<\/p>\n
PPP Sindh President Nisar Khuhro pointed out that people were aware of the conditions prevailing in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and restive Balochistan.<\/p>\n
\u201cNow there should not be any conflict between Sindh and Punjab, but the PPP will not allow this attack on the province\u2019s water. That\u2019s why the PPP chairman [Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari] is going to address a public meeting,\u201d he said, urging workers to attend the event on April 18.<\/p>\n
He added that the PPP had sacrificed for the country, and people were talking about the disintegration of the country just for the sake of one canal.<\/p>\n
Sindh Senior Minister Memon also vociferously rejected the canals project, saying that the rural area\u2019s economy revolved around water, livestock and agriculture.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd if you deprive us of these resources, then do you want to kill us of thirst?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n
The minister lashed out at opponents of the PPP, saying that when former military ruler Pervez Musharraf was president, these people were staging a pro-Kalabagh Dam rally.<\/p>\n
He maintained that the Pakistan Muslim League-Functional, which was now in opposition, had staged a rally in support of Kalabagh Dam in Sanghar back then.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have in my record statement of their leaders and can show them if they sit with me.\u201d<\/p>\n
The minister said that today these elements were indulging in politics only to mislead people and launch propaganda against President Zardari, adding that the PPP had made it clear that it would not accept the canals.<\/p>\n
He continued that those who have read the law and the Constitution knew that the president could not even approve a single kilometre of a road project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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