
The Chief Minister of Punjab, Mr. Shahbaz Sharif, has expressed concern over India’s move of blocking the flow of River Chenab, saying that it will seriously damage Punjab’s agrarian economy. Addressing a meeting at the Secretariat on Wednesday, November 12, 2008, the CM Punjab said that blocking Chenab waters by India will affect som e5 million acres of cultivable and fertile land in Punjab. The province of Punjab is Pakistan’s biggest agricultural province, especially important for its wheat production.
Mr. Sharif told the meeting that India’s move of holding Pakistan’s share of water was a serious violation of the Indus Basin Treaty and it must be handled with extreme care. According to Mr. Sharif, India must release 55 thousand cusec of water to Pakistan, as implied by the Indus Basin Treaty. The CM ordered the Irrigation Secretary to provide a comprehensive report on the issue, including India’s power generation projects at more than 10 points.
India blocked Chenab water in October to fill the Baglihar Dam despite Indian Prime Minister’s assurance to Pakistan’s President. After the failure of a joint plan for combating terrorism, India’s move has caused serious concern among Pakistani circles, especially in the sector of agricultural economy.
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Pakistani leader’s stupidities and naive ” Jehalat ” exposed
all along these crook treaties signed by suspicious Pakistani
administration of post Zaffarullah foreign office, ruled by the
wicked traitors, they simply did’nt knew that nearly all the
big rivers have their ” Mimba ” (source) in Tibet, e.g. Indus
comes from a Tibetain lake called ” Manosarawar”
similarly, Jehlum, Chenab, Sutlag etc. as there are atleast
40 grand lakes of hundreds of km squares at such an
altitude, many of them are literally virgin, thank God.
My demand, and that of all Pakistanis is to revise all the
treaties one by one and remove those against Pak Interest.
India’s stratergie is to dry Pak Punjab and Sindh.