Islamabad:
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Tuesday the importance of affordable electricity and the agricultural growth of the country’s self -sufficiency, ordering the authorities concerned to accelerate work on the Diamer Bhasha dam by removing all the bottlenecks.
Presiding a high -level meeting on water resources and the construction of the Diamer Bhasha dam, the Prime Minister said that the development of large -scale water infrastructure was essential to improve storage capacity, ensure irrigation supply and mitigate the impact of floods.
He stressed that national self -sufficiency was closely linked to an effective water management and energy production system, which required a timely realization of projects such as the Diamer Bhasha dam.
The meeting was assisted by the federal ministers Ahsan Iqbal, the engineer Amir Muqam, Azam Nazeer Tarar and Moeen Wattoo; Prime Minister Rana Sanaullah’s advisor; The chief minister of the Gilgit-Baltistan Gulbar Khan; and other senior officials.
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Earlier, while addressing a Jirga peace in Peshawar, the Minister of Pime reiterated Pakistan’s law with each drop of water in accordance with the Indus water Treaty and announced its intention to store water in key projects such as Diamer-Bhasha and Dasu dams.
He declared that a decision on the question of water would be made by inviting the four provinces for discussions on how to increase water reserves so that the malicious conceptions of India are buried.
Tensions between India and Pakistan on the Industry Water Treaty degenerated following the attack on the Pahalgame in an illegally occupied Indian of Jammu-et-Cachemire (IIOJK), which India blamed in Pakistan without presenting evidence-an assertion that Islamabad categorically rejected, calling an independent investigation.
India, however, has chosen to enhance tensions unilaterally suspended the industrial water Treaty and closing the border crossing of Wagah-Attari. In response, Pakistan hinted at the suspension of the 1972 Simla agreement.
