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<b>Kashmir Committee deplores Indian attitude on water issue</b>

ISLAMABAD ( 2009-04-18 00:20:41 ) : <b>Special Committee of the Parliament on Kashmir on Friday condemned the Indian attitude over water the issue for stopping Pakistan’s water by constructing dams in the Occupied Kashmir, terming it “high-handed, inhuman and conspiratorial.”</b>

A high level team of the Ministry of Water and Power and the Indus Water Commission briefed the Kashmir Committee on construction of dams by India in the Occupied Kashmir.

The meeting was presided over by Chairman Kashmir Committee Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman and attended by members of the committee including Humayun Saifullah, Lal Muhammad Khan, Bushra Gohar, Dr. Attiya Inayatullah, Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, Pir Muhammad Aslam Bodla, Muhammad Faiz Tamman, Tariq Tarrar and Munir Khan Orakzai.

A detailed briefing was given on the dams, India is constructing on rivers Sindh, Chenab and Jhelum, exclusively allocated to Pakistan under the Indus Water Treaty, 1960.

<b>Due to arbitrary action of India, a short quantum of water is allowed to flow into Pakistan causing a colossal loss to agriculture as well as manufacturing sector.</b>

The Kashmir Committee urged that instead of wasting time on correspondence and holding meetings, the Ministry of Water and Power should initiate appropriate action.

The committee also urged the ministry to be alert in the matter and work in tandem with the Foreign Office.

The committee also nominated its four member; Syed Ghulam Mustafa Shah, Dr. Attiya Inaytullah, Humayun Saifullah and Sardar Ayaz Sadiq for keeping close liaison with the Ministry of Water and Power and the Indus Waters Commission on the issue.

The committee also called for “adding Kashmir in the mission of Holbrooke. Besides, if India is to be included in the Contact Group of the Region, it should be included with all the disputes such as Kashmir, water, etc.”

The Kashmir Committee decided to hold the Conference of Kashmiri leadership across the Line of Control for which it has invited the leaders of Azad and Occupied Kashmir.

The conference is scheduled to be held in Islamabad in August this year.

Member, German Parliament Elka Hoff and Deputy Head of German Embassy Inna Lapel called on Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman here on Friday.

Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman briefed them on the Kashmir issue.

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