Canals Project

Govt proposes multiparty consultation on new canals

PTI, PPP present competing resolutions during fiery Senate session; PPP reiterates demands for immediate CCI meeting.

Updated 23 Apr, 2025 07:46am

PPP feels ‘reassured’ after PM’s aide offers talks on canals

CCI meeting not summoned despite requests; Rana Sanaullah woos Sindh nationalist leaders, JUI-F for dialogue.

Updated 23 Apr, 2025 07:48am

Students and civil society march in Karachi against canals project, warn of looming ‘water wars’

Karachi Bachao Tehreek organiser says "existential" canals issue to mostly affect poor people in Karachi.

Published 22 Apr, 2025 10:20pm

PPP lawmakers walk out of Senate in protest against contentious canal project

Azam Tarar says decision on project to be made through consensus; Sindh CM urges anti-canal protesters to carry on rallies but without bothering others.

Updated 22 Apr, 2025 08:12pm

Coalition partners put canals on the negotiating table

Azma criticises Bilawal for "harsh remarks"; Ghani accuses PML-N of trying to hurt PPP.

Updated 22 Apr, 2025 09:09am

3 injured in firing on sleeping protesters at Khairpur sit-in, lawyers claim

Karachi Bar Association president says attackers arrived in 3 vehicles; remains determined to continue protest.

Published 21 Apr, 2025 11:00am

Total shutterdown in most parts of Sindh as people take to streets against canals

Karachi remains unaffected, partial strike witnessed in Hyderabad.

Updated 21 Apr, 2025 11:38am

Credibility deficit

For years, there has been no federal member from Sindh in Irsa.

Updated 21 Apr, 2025 09:23am

Sindh experts find ‘construction halted’ at Cholistan canal site

Note work on strip of embankment started but was currently paused, with machinery “lying idle”.

Updated 21 Apr, 2025 09:10am

Talks to salvage PPP-‘N’ bond inch forward

PML-N, PPP leaders meet in Lahore, former agrees to propose solutions in next meeting.

Updated 21 Apr, 2025 07:54am

Railway traffic restored in Sindh’s Khairpur after nationalist parties block track over canals issue

Lawyers continue sit-in at city's Babarloi Bypass, blocking national highway "for goods".

Updated 20 Apr, 2025 07:52pm

Federal and Sindh govts agree to resolve canals project issue through talks

State minister Kesoo Mal Kheal Das says "conspiracy" to create rift between PML-N and PPP will be thwarted.

Updated 20 Apr, 2025 02:16pm

Nawaz calls for PPP-govt dialogue on water issue

Rana Sanaullah disapproves of politics over the issue of water.

Updated 20 Apr, 2025 07:47am

Lawyers start indefinite dharna in Khairpur against canals project

Lawyers from across Sindh reach Babarloi bypass to attend sit-in, find several roads blocked by police; civil society activists,

Published 19 Apr, 2025 05:45am

Work on construction of new canals on Indus halted, govt lawyer tells SHC

Bench orders appointment of Irsa federal member from Sindh by 29th.

Updated 19 Apr, 2025 09:40am

Bilawal threatens to exit govt if canals’ plan not shelved

Claims those planning the project "owe their power to PPP"; party again urges CCI to take up matter.

Updated 19 Apr, 2025 09:59am

‘I am here to save Indus River’: Bilawal again denounces canal project, threatens withdrawing govt support

PPP chairman reiterates that party will oppose the canal project, threatens to quit coalition.

Published 18 Apr, 2025 11:58pm

Sindh lawyers set to begin ‘long march’ against canals project today

SHCBA announces sit-ins on National Highway in Rohri and Shikarpur on April 18.

Updated 17 Apr, 2025 11:21am

Sindh complains to Irsa over ‘transferring’ water from Indus as Punjab link canal opened

Calls for releasing water downstream to Panjnad for "judicious" distribution of water of amongst provinces.

Published 15 Apr, 2025 06:36pm

Punjab grumbles as Sindh stands firm on new canals

PPP Punjab leader reiterates threat of quitting coalition over water issue; Punjab accuses lower riparian of "fudging data" in letter to Irsa.

Updated 15 Apr, 2025 09:00am

PPP chief Bilawal said he will prefer people over PM on canals project: Sindh CM

Murad says province’s case is quite strong, cannot be rejected by anyone.

Published 14 Apr, 2025 11:34pm

Nationwide protests held against corporate farming, new canals

Demonstrations were organised by Pakistan Kissan Rabita Committee in 30 towns.

Updated 14 Apr, 2025 09:33am

At Tando Jam rally, PPP leaders vow to oppose canals project till ‘last breath’

"Are you going to irrigate a desert by destroying a garden?" asks Faryal Talpur

Published 13 Apr, 2025 11:38pm

Sindh lawyers’ convention calls on Centre to end canals project or face protests

SHCBA urges provincial assemblies to pass resolutions against controversial scheme.

Updated 12 Apr, 2025 10:13am

PTI submits resolution to NA speaker against Cholistan canals project

Party calls for CCI meeting within 15 days, demands independent audit of Irsa certificate; PPP says protested in NA as its resolution not taken up.

Updated 10 Apr, 2025 05:33pm

SHC takes issue with Centre’s pick for Irsa, stays work on canals project

Petitioner says incumbent federal member not appointed as per policy, or in line with prior court ruling.

Published 08 Apr, 2025 07:29am

Editorial: Long-term resolution of interprovincial frictions needed to address water equity issues

Authorities should refrain from undertaking any water scheme that infringes on rights of any federating unit to avoid more controversies.

Updated 07 Apr, 2025 08:57am

Sindhu’s roar

Today, the mighty Sindhu is being forced into submission.

Updated 07 Apr, 2025 09:03am

Punjab ministers downplay concerns on new canals

Marriyum rejects politics over project; Pirzada compares it with opposition to Kalabagh dam.

Updated 07 Apr, 2025 10:09am

Farmers plan countrywide rallies against corporate farming

Will also protest eviction of peasants from lands on April 13.

Updated 07 Apr, 2025 09:41am