Forget about Kalabagh Dam, Khursheed Shah tells Sharifs

SUKKUR: Federal minister for religious affairs Khursheed Shah has said that chief minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif and The PML (N) can forget about building the Kalabagh Dam. The People’s Party and the people of Sind will not allow the construction of this dam at any cost.

Adressing a public meeting in Pano Aqil near Sukkur, Khursheed Shah said that people of three provinces have rejected the Kalabagh Dam and when chief of PML (N) Nawaz Shareef announced the Kalabagh Dam project in 2008, Benazir Bhutto along with the people protested against it.

He further said that the decision to build the Kalabagh Dam will be taken by the Parliament, political parties and the Council of Common Interest (CCI). He also said that building dams is the responsibility of the government and not the courts.

He emphasized that his party will save Pakistan and will not allow any project that is against the interest of Pakistan and the Federation.