Centre, Sindh set for water talks

Centre, Sindh set for water talks

The federal government agreed on Sunday to open dialogue with the Sindh government to address the deepening controversy over a proposed canal project on Indus river that sharply divided allies in the ruling coalition. Amid rising political tensions over the controversial canal project, the Centre and Sindh kicked off talks when Adviser to Prime Minister Rana Sanaullah and Sindh's Senior Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon talked by the telephone in a b…

Centre agrees to address Sindh’s concerns over canal projects

KARACHI: The federal government has offered the Sindh government to hold talks to address their concerns regarding the controversial canal projects.The consensus to this extent was reached during a phone call between Adviser to Prime Minister for Inter-Provincial Coordination Rana Sanaullah and...

Federal and Sindh govts agree to resolve canals project issue through talks

State minister Kesoo Mal Kheal Das says "conspiracy" to create rift between PML-N and PPP will be thwarted.

CM Sindh calls on PM to apprise his reservation on canal project

Islamabad: Chief Minister Sindh Murad Ali Shah has called on Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif at the prime minister house tonight to apprise their point of views on canal projects, sources said. Sources said that the CM Sindh in clear words presented the province reservations on the canal project and he adopted the view that the canal project can effect Sindh share of water. Sindh irrigation minister Jam Khan Shoro and other stake holders, federal …

PM Shehbaz, Sindh's CM to hold talks over contentious canal project

KARACHI: A meeting has been fixed between Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Sindh’s Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah to discuss the contentious issue of canals on the Indus River. Sindh’s CM Murad Ali Shah, accompanied with Irrigation Minister Jam Khan Shoro and have reached Islamabad for talks with the federal government. A team of Sindh’s irrigation experts, accompanying with the chief minister also reached the federal capital. Prime Minister She…

Controversial Cholistan Canal Project Needs a National Debate - Republic Policy

Khalid Masood Khan The recent decision by Pakistan’s major political parties—the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP)—to finally open dialogue on the highly divisive Cholistan canal project offers a glimmer of hope in what has become one of the most volatile inter-provincial disputes in recent years. Yet while this is a positive step, the path to a fair and lasting resolution remains steep and fraught with mi…