KHAIRPUR, Dec 23: The People’s Party Parliamentarians has announced that it will hold a rally against the Kalabagh dam in Pir-Jo-Goth, the native town of Pir Pagara. The announcement was made by former district nazim Nafisa Shah while talking to newsmen here on Friday.

She said the rally would be held in collaboration with nationalist parties to prove that people were against the dam.

Ms Shah said Pir Pagara’s support for the controversial dam showed that he did not want unity of the federation.

She said the Pir’s stance represented views of only a handful of people while an absolute majority of Sindh was against dams on the Indus River.

She said the campaign run by President Gen Pervez Musharraf and some federal ministers to gain support for Kalabagh dam was an insult to the people of three provinces.

She said as per the Constitution, no project could be undertaken without consensus.

She appreciated the Pakistan People’s Party Punjab for holding anti-Kalabagh dam protests in the province.

She said major political parties of the country, the PPP, Pakistan Muslim League-N and Tehrik-i-Insaf, had also opposed the Kalabagh dam.

Ms Shah said the view of the Sindh cabinet was still not clear about the dam issue.

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