KARACHI, Dec 27: The Sindh Bar Council on Tuesday warned against the construction of Kalabagh Dam. An SBC meeting, held at Garhi Yasin, Shikarpur, with the council’s Vice-Chairperson, Noor Naz Agha, in the chair, said the dam project was unfeasible ‘geologically, hydrologically and economically’. A resolution passed by the meeting said, inter alia:

“This meeting of the Sindh Bar Council views with deep concern the proposed construction of the Kalabagh Dam. The project has been vehemently opposed by the people of Sindh, Balochistan and the NWFP, and their representative assemblies have repeatedly adopted resolutions against it.

“The construction of the dam, in the opinion of the council, is not only against the interests of the people of the three smaller provinces, but also of the country at large. The controversial issue has been raised to divert public attention and divide the people.”

Advocates Aqil Lodhi, Abdus Sattar Kazi, Mohammad Aqil, Sher Mohammad Hassan, Mahmoodul Hasan, Shafi Mohammad Chandio, Ali Mohammad Dahiri, Muzaffar Leghari, Fazal Qadir Memon, Mohammad Siddique Khoso and Ayaz Soomro are among the signatories to the resolution.

BALOCHISTAN: By another resolution, the SBC condemned the military action at Kohlu and other areas of Balochistan. Aircraft and helicopter gun-ships, it deplored, were being used against the Marri tribesmen in Kohlu district. The council demanded an immediate halt to the operation.