Selected PM Imran Khan conspiring to convert Sindh's fertile lands into parched desert through depriving it of due water share: Bilawal Bhutto Zardari - Press Release issued by Pakistan People's Party.

Karachi -- May 16, 2021 (PPI-OT)

Following is the text of press release issued by Pakistan People's Party (PPP)

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Criticizing the PTI-led Federal Governments actions in depriving Sindh of its rightful share of water and artificially creating a water crisis, the Chairman Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said that Prime Minister Imran Khan was overseeing a brutal campaign against the people of Sindh. He lamented that the province of Sindh had been kept thirsty and dry during the entire holy month of Ramazan, and that the federal government didn't even deign to ease the water woes of the people over Eid.

In an issued statement, the Chairman PPP Bilawal Bhutto Zardari warned the puppet Prime Minister and his government that their artificially created water crisis in Sindh would have severe repercussions for the federation. He pointed out that the acute water crisis in Sindh had badly affected the province, adding that Karachi, Thatta, Badin, Sujawal and Tharparkar have all been suffering severely.

The Indus River System Authority (IRSA), which was mandated to ensure a smooth water supply based on the 1991 Water Accord, was blatantly and illegally depriving Sindh of up to 20 percent of its water supply, the PPP Chairman said. Deploring the role of IRSA, he demanded that they strictly adhere to their mandate and ensure Sindh receive its due share immediately. "The officials at IRSA will have to explain on whose orders they have been depriving Sindh of water, and on whose nefarious agenda they are converting Sindh's fertile lands into a parched desert."

Chairman PPP Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, while addressing the selected PM Imran Khan asked him to immediately cease his anti-Sindh vendetta, under which he has left no stone unturned in trying to render Sindh a desert. He implored the other provinces to follow Sindh's lead and to implement effective plans to better distribute water to all Pakistanis. He pointed out that Sindh had helped ease Balochistan's water woes by releasing water from Sindh's Guddu Barrage despite the ongoing acute water crisis in Sindh.

All parts of Pakistan should continue to get water per the agreed schedule of the water supply formula, he said. "If any province is being deprived of their...