ISLAMABAD, Dec 28: The Awami National Party (ANP) has said Kalabagh Dam is a matter of life and death for the people of NWFP and they will stop its construction at any cost.

Speaking to reporters in the cafeteria of Parliament House on Wednesday, Information Secretary of the party Zahid Khan said the people of the NWFP would participate in an anti-Kalabagh Dam rally on Thursday to prove that they were totally against the project.

He said women and children would also take part in the protest rally which would be held at Jahangira near Nowshera. He said the ANP had invited all political and religious parties to the rally.

Mr Khan said they were trying to save Pakistan while the rulers wanted to damage the country’s integrity. He criticized Gen Pervez Musharraf for what he said pitting Punjab against three smaller provinces.