KARACHI, Apr 23 (NNI): A meeting has been fixed between Prime Minister
Shehbaz Sharif and Sindh’s Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah to discuss the
contentious issue of canals on the Indus River.
Sindh’s CM Murad Ali Shah, accompanied with Irrigation Minister Jam Khan
Shoro and have reached Islamabad for talks with the federal government.
A team of Sindh’s irrigation experts, accompanying with the chief
minister also reached the federal capital.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif after his return from Turkey visit will
hold meeting with Sindh’s delegation.
The sides will discuss protest sit-ins in Sindh against construction of
canals. Murad Ali Shah and irrigation minister Jam Khan Shoro will
present Sindh’s stance over the contentious canal project.
The PML-N’s senior leadership holding a meeting with the Sindh
government officials. “Federal government wants an immediate end of
protest sit-ins in Sindh against contentious canal project”, sources
said.
Sources said that the meeting between Shehbaz Sharif and Murad Ali Shah
likely to be held tomorrow or on Friday.
People’s Party sources said that a top official of the federal
government had engaged the Sindh government