ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Mohammad Ishaq Dar has called for proactive planning to tackle the country’s growing water challenges.
He made the remarks while chairing a high-level meeting for construction of Water Storages in the country on Sunday, according to the office of the Deputy Prime Minister.
The discussion focused on accelerating construction of major water storages/reservoirs across Pakistan. The committee proposed recommendations for effective resource mobilization and long-term infrastructure planning.
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Ishaq Dar stressed the necessity of proactive planning to mitigate Pakistan’s growing water challenges, underscoring the need for coordinated national action.
Few days ago Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif chairing a high-level meeting on water resources had termed India’s unilateral suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) as “a blatant violation and act of water aggression”.
The meeting was attended by Chief Ministers of Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Gilgit-Baltistan, Prime Minister Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Federal Ministers for Water Resources, Planning, Finance, Law & Justice, Advisors to PM , Federal Secretaries of Economic Affairs, Water Resources, Cabinet, Finance, Planning, Chairman Federal Board of Revenue, Chief Secretary Balochistan and other key stakeholders.
“This is a battle of justice, and like every battle we have fought with unity, we will defeat India’s water aggression with resolve and wisdom,” said the prime minister.
