KARACHI, Dec 27: Chairman of the Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy (ARD) and President of the Pakistan People’s Party-Parliamentarians Makhdoom Amin Fahim has said the rulers should now decide whether they want Pakistan or the Kalabagh Dam. “We will not accept constitutional guarantees from those who abrogate the constitution. The rulers are creating difficulties for the federation,” he said while talking to journalists at a wedding reception here on Monday night, adding that Gen Pervez Musharraf was not aware of facts.”

Makhdoom Fahim alleged that the country was being put at stake for the sake of irrigating 68,000 acres of land belonging to armed forces personnel in Cholistan.

In reply to a question, he said he respected PML-F chief Pir Pagara, but he the Hur leader should not support the scheme (Kalabagh dam) for the sake of irrigating his followers’ lands as this project was bound to turn Sindh into a desert.

Responding to another question, he maintained that he had seen Wapda reports which estimated the life span of Kalabagh Dam at 15-20 years, whereas that of Skardu Dam appeared to be 100 years.—PPI