Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan Chief Syed Munawar Hassan claimed here on Wednesday that water dispute between the provinces of Pakistan has emerged due to Indian water aggression against Pakistan.
India has constructed 62 dams over rivers violating the international agreements but unfortunately Pakistani foreign Minister and Indus Water Commissioner were advocating India instead of raising this issue at international level in favour of Pakistan, alleged Munawar while talking to media after attending an 'All Pakistan Growers Convention' arranged by the Kisan Board Pakistan (KBP) at Mansoora.
Regarding Pak-Afghan Transit Trade agreement, he said it was signed under US pressure and Hillary Clinton visited Pakistan to get this deal struck. He was of the view that this should be debated in the parliament. The JI Chief also said that Pakistan should not go for composite dialogue under US pressure. He said Kashmir and water were the real issues and this should be included in the agenda of talks.
Regarding target killing in Karachi, he termed it a fight between land mafia and Qabza group. He said both the parties present in the government were holding responsible each other for it. He said that MQM had occupied various flats and lands to set up its party offices. He demanded investigation in to May 12 incident, to ensure peace in Karachi.
Munawar also alleged that Maulana Fazal ur Rehman had assured President Asif Ali Zardari that he would not let MMA revived, which had exposed its real face. Earlier addressing the convention, the JI Chief called for uniting all segments of the society including growers and workers to launch an organised movement for changing the existing system, which according to him only promotes corruption and injustice.
'Pakistan has all the resources and most hard working human resource in the world but the existing system is not delivering properly as it only promotes the usurpers and looters,' Munawar said. He said that existing system only make rich people richer and add to the miseries of the poor. He said a few thousand people were enjoying all the available resources of the country and to change the situation, all segments of the society have to support those parties and leadership, which wanted to change the existing system.
KBP President Sardar Zafar Hussein speaking on this occasion said that this gathering of farmers demand that sugar millers should be asked to issue cheques to the sugarcane growers in future instead of CPR, so in case of non-payment farmers could adopt some legal course of action. He also urged the government to take steps for ensuring water supply to the farmers in Cholistan and other areas of the province. He said that government should also ensure printing of price on the bags of fertilisers so as the growers could know the real price and avoid over-charging.