LARKANA:Chairman, Jeay Sindh Mahaz (JSM), Riaz Chandio, said while addressing a press conference at Larkana Press Club here on Thursday that water is an important part of life, but Punjab was constantly violating the historic agreements of Sindh by building flood canals.
He said the 1991 Water Treaty was also being regularly and openly violated but there was nobody to take notice and implement the accord in letter and spirit. He said that failure to comply with the Water Accord was damaging the economy and the environment in Sindh due to water scarcity. He said such an environment had been created that water was still being stolen by Punjab from Taunsa.
He said that Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and Asif Zardari were sitting in the federal government but Sindh did not get its proper water share while the Sindh government ordered not to harvest rice in nine districts of Sindh including Thatta, Dadu, Kandakot and Kashmore.
“We respect Balochistan’s land, but the lush green Khirthar mountain belt of Qambar Shahdadkot district is part of Sindh and has been part of it for centuries,” he said. He accused Mir Amir Magsi and Nadir Magsi of occupying Sindh’s land and calling it Balochistan’s land. We condemn the Magsi brothers’ conspiracy to occupy Sindh’s lands and show them the lands of Balochistan, who are loyal to them.
In this connection, we will protect Sindh inch by inch, adding Chandio said that a conspiracy is being hatched to have a dispute between Sindh and Balochs against which we will stage a sit-in on 3rd July in Hyderabad on National Highway hence judiciary and all other relevant institutions should take notice of the matter, he added.
He said that in a situation where there was an acute shortage of water in Sindh, Sindh’s resources were being looted by Punjab including oil, coal and gas and sending Afghans to Karachi which should be stopped. He said that the situation in Karachi is worsening day by day, where shootings are taking place by criminals and there are also concerns about widespread violence in future.