LAHORE, Nov 16: The Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) has demanded that the government raise at the United Nations the blocking of Chenab river waters by India as New Delhi does not accept any verdict of the World Bank on the issue.

In a resolution adopted by the central executive committee (CEC), the JI criticised atrocities by Indian army on the Kashmiris.

It said that India was using its illegal occupation of Kashmir to control the flow of water into Pakistani rivers against the Indus River Treaty. This Indian act, it said, was aimed at destroying Pakistan’s economy and subjecting it to food shortage.

The body took strong exception to the “criminal” silence by “the former military dictator” over the Indian moves to build Baglihar dam and alleged that now the “so-called elected government” was furthering the policy of the previous government by not taking up the issue at an appropriate forum.

The resolution demanded that India forthwith stop the construction of Baglihar dam and release the water in Chenab by honoring her commitment under the Indus River Treaty.

It urged the government to evolve a census among the four provinces so that the shortfall caused due to blockage of Chenab water could be mitigated.

The CEC said water and other disputes between Indian and Pakistan could only be resolved provided New Delhi accorded the Kashmiris their right to self determination as guaranteed under the UN resolutions.

It called upon Islamabad not to hoodwink the people by portraying that the trade and other confidence building measures between India and Pakistan could normalise the relations between the two countries.

Pakistan, it said, should prepare a roadmap to settle these disputes for goods.

Through another resolution, the CEC demanded that the government stop military operation in the tribal areas and repatriate and rehabilitate the people displaced due to the operation.

The resolution demanded that the government pay compensation to those whose near and dear ones were killed in the operation.

The JI urged the government to implement the parliament's resolution about the tribal areas and condemned the army operation which had displaced thousands of people from their homes. The CEC asked the government to stop ruthless use of force and settle the issues through peaceful talks.