Sindh Assembly Adopts Resolution Condemning Construction of Kalabagh Dam

Ruling Pakistan People Party (PPP) lawmakers on Thursday tabled a resolution in the Sindh Assembly against the construction of the controversial Kalabagh Dam project.

The house was filled with shouts and slogans as PPP MPA Imran Zafar Laghari presented the resolution condemning the construction of the dam.

“The house condemns the construction of the controversial Kalabagh Dam and recommends federal government to abandon this project once for all,” said the resolution.

Thursday’s session of the Sindh Assembly was chaired by Speaker Nisar Khuhro.

The decades-old Kalabagh Dam project resurfaced recently when the Lahore High Court ordered the federal government to build the Kalabagh Dam in accordance with the decisions of the Council of Common Interests (CCI).

While the dam’s construction has been vociferiously supported...