Water is essential for the economy of Pakistan and India is stealing water of the rivers, namely Sindh, Jhelum and Chanab, allocated to Pakistan under the Indus Water Treaty. Therefore, Pakistan should be alert and India should be stopped from doing this practice.
This was stated at the meeting of the Special Committee of the Parliament on Kashmir which met on Tuesday to discuss the matter of the construction of dams by India in the Occupied Kashmir. The meeting was presided over by Maulana Fazlur Rahman, the Chairman and was attended, besides the Members of the Kashmir Committee, by Federal Minister for Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit Baltistan (KA&GB) Mian Manzoor Ahmed Wattoo, Secretary, Ministry of KA&GB Kamran Qureshi, Additional Secretary Hamid Ali Khan and senior officers of Ministry of KA&GB, Foreign Office and Ministry of Water & Power.
Special Assistant to Prime Minister Kamal Majidullah and his team briefed the Committee about the dams, being built in the Occupied Kashmir. The Committee was told that India had built a few dams and was in the process of building more. The details of the steps taken in this regard by Pakistan were also shared. After the briefing, the Committee directed that water terrorism by India must be stopped. Water is essential for the economy, agriculture and industry of Pakistan. Time should not be wasted in correspondence and discussion and proactive policy should be adopted.-PR