Protesters firm on demand for canals cancellation

Protests over canal controversy paralyse National Highway

Workers of Nari Jamhoori Mahaz hold a protest against construction of canals on River Indus outside the Hyderabad Press Club in Hyderabad on April 26, 2025. —INP KHAIRPUR: Traffic on the National Highway between Sindh and Punjab has completely stopped as a result of the sit-in protest...

Protesters firm on demand for canals cancellation

Protest leaders, staging a sit-in at the Babarloi bypass in Khairpur district, made it clear on Friday that the ongoing protest movement against the construction of controversial canals on the Indus River would continue until a notification cancelling the project was issued. Lawyers, political and nationalist parties, and several civil society organisations continued their protest sit-in against the canals project at the Babarloi Bypass for an e…

Wary of assurance, canal protesters refuse to end sit-in

No official word after lawyers’ rep meets Bilawal to negotiate end to strike; Sindh CM implores protesters to "end public disruptions".

The moment for decisive action is now

Further delays risk economic losses and deeper erosion of trust in Pakistan’s federal institutions Sindh Grinds to a Halt as Lawyers, Farmers Block Key Highway Over Water and Land Rights By Ishaq Tunio | USA Sindh has been cut off from the rest of Pakistan for the ninth consecutive day due to a massive, peaceful sit-in at the Babarloi bypass near Sukkur and Dera More in Kashmore (called off on Friday) and several other locations. This situation …

Canal protests disrupt export shipments in Sindh

Canal protests disrupt export shipments in Sindh