Lahore: A meeting called by the Jamaat-ud-Dawah (JuD), and attended by representatives of major political parties has demanded that the government should either stop India from building dams on rivers flowing into Pakistan or give a "free hand" to 'Kashmiri mujahideen' to deal with the issue.
Attacking the government for maintaining a silence over the water issue, JuD said that by squeezing out crucial water supply to its agrarian region and building dams like Baglihar and Kishanganga on Pakistani rivers, India plans to economically destroy Pakistan like Somalia and Ethiopia.
A joint declaration issued by the JuD after the meeting asked the Pakistan government to keep "open the option of using force" to protect water resources if India does not stop work on projects on rivers flowing into the country. The meeting, dubbed an "All Parties Conference," was attended by representatives of major political parties like the ruling Pakistan People's Party, PML-N, Jamaat-e-Islami and cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan's Tehrik-e-Insaaf.
"The Pakistan government's incriminating silence over Indian water aggression is highly regrettable," said a statement issued by the JuD. "All government ministers and officials who speak Indian language on this vital national issue must apologise to the nation and stop this behaviour of unilateral friendship with India at the cost of national interest," it added. The "silence" over India's alleged "water aggression" by world bodies like UN and World Bank is a "big question mark on their neutrality and fairness," the JuD claimed.
"If India is not willing to focus on these vital issues, there is no gain in continuing such dialogue," the JuD contended that the Pakistan government's role in resolving differences with India over sharing of river waters was "very disappointing". It said, "Mere statements or few meetings (of the) Indus Waters Commission will not solve this problem. Concrete steps must be taken urgently".
Attacking the government for maintaining a silence over the water issue, JuD said that by squeezing out crucial water supply to its agrarian region and building dams like Baglihar and Kishanganga on Pakistani rivers, India plans to economically destroy Pakistan like Somalia and Ethiopia.
A joint declaration issued by the JuD after the meeting asked the Pakistan government to keep "open the option of using force" to protect water resources if India does not stop work on projects on rivers flowing into the country. The meeting, dubbed an "All Parties Conference," was attended by representatives of major political parties like the ruling Pakistan People's Party, PML-N, Jamaat-e-Islami and cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan's Tehrik-e-Insaaf.
"The Pakistan government's incriminating silence over Indian water aggression is highly regrettable," said a statement issued by the JuD. "All government ministers and officials who speak Indian language on this vital national issue must apologise to the nation and stop this behaviour of unilateral friendship with India at the cost of national interest," it added. The "silence" over India's alleged "water aggression" by world bodies like UN and World Bank is a "big question mark on their neutrality and fairness," the JuD claimed.
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"If India is not willing to focus on these vital issues, there is no gain in continuing such dialogue," the JuD contended that the Pakistan government's role in resolving differences with India over sharing of river waters was "very disappointing". It said, "Mere statements or few meetings (of the) Indus Waters Commission will not solve this problem. Concrete steps must be taken urgently".
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