LHC remarks: Hoti speaks out on Kalabagh dam
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Chief Minister Amir Haider Khan Hoti said on Saturday that courts should not raise controversial issues, referring to the Kalabagh Dam dispute.
Addressing an Awami National Party (ANP) gathering at Daag Ismail Khel, he said the issue surrounding the construction of the Kalabagh Dam was a matter of life and death for Pakhtuns.
“We will never let the dam be constructed,” Hoti said, adding that any concerns about the power crisis could be dealt with by building the Munda and Bhasha dams instead.
He said that if the Munda Dam had been built, the 2010 floods could have been avoided.
Last week, the chief justice of the Lahore High Court (LHC), while hearing a petition on the Kalabagh Dam, remarked that objections raised by Sindh and K-P over the construction of the dam were political.
Hoti said that he respected the decision of the courts but the LHC had created confusion about whether or not to construct the dam. He said it was ‘against the wishes of the whole nation.’
Published in The Express Tribune, November 4th, 2012.
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Hoti should not brush aside the proposal of KBD, arbitrarily. It is a project of great national importance and it is the national duty of the politicians from all the provinces to sit down, put their heads together and develop national consensus.
Lahore high court will soon register itself with election commission of Pakistan for the upcoming elections as Kalabagh Justice Party.
Why can't we have a purely technical, fact-based, non-emotional, rational debate on this issue ONCE and FOR ALL and get this issue out of the way??? If the governments are sincere in serving the people, they should facilitate such an impartial dialogue. In a debate of 15 days, it can be decided whether KB dam should be built or is dangerous as per the concerns of KPK people. If it is concluded that it should not be built, then for heavens sake, WORK on the other projects. DONT just sit there on your armchairs and throw out just statements. DO SOMETHING BEFORE WE ALL DROWN IN THE NEXT FLOODS !!!!
@Walayat Malik: The Malik who is saying that the "Nation" actually needs KBD badly, must be from Punjab.
Hoti said it was ‘against the wishes of the whole nation.’ What an outrageous statement!! Nation actually needs KBD badly and urgently.
Kala Dam Damn You.
wait for another colossol flood situation, that probaly will change Hoti's mind