Kalabagh Dam: PTI wants national consensus
Imran Khan says party’s stance very clear on building dams.
File photo of Imran Khan. PHOTO: RIAZ AHMED
ISLAMABAD:
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf said on Friday that it will not support the construction of the Kalabagh dam unless there was a ‘national consensus’ over it.
The party chief, Imran Khan said that PTI being a national political party could not consider the construction of all controversial dams including the Kalabagh Dam unless there is a national consensus over them.
“For Kalabagh Dam also, I have always maintained that it cannot be considered unless there is national consensus in its favour. This is the long-standing viewpoint of the PTI and of myself,” Khan stressed in an official statement.
His reaction comes after Awami National Party’s criticism, which according to Imran misrepresented PTI’s official stance on this controversial project that aims to produce 4,000 megawatts of electricity.
“PTI’s position on the Kalabagh Dam is clear on building of dams in Pakistan,” Imran maintained, adding that dams must be built after consensus has been evolved on them.
He added that no project could be feasible if it created divisions and antagonisms amongst the provinces. He reiterated that PTI was sensitised to the interests of all the people of Pakistan and believed in the principle of national consensus-building.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 4th, 2014.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf said on Friday that it will not support the construction of the Kalabagh dam unless there was a ‘national consensus’ over it.
The party chief, Imran Khan said that PTI being a national political party could not consider the construction of all controversial dams including the Kalabagh Dam unless there is a national consensus over them.
“For Kalabagh Dam also, I have always maintained that it cannot be considered unless there is national consensus in its favour. This is the long-standing viewpoint of the PTI and of myself,” Khan stressed in an official statement.
His reaction comes after Awami National Party’s criticism, which according to Imran misrepresented PTI’s official stance on this controversial project that aims to produce 4,000 megawatts of electricity.
“PTI’s position on the Kalabagh Dam is clear on building of dams in Pakistan,” Imran maintained, adding that dams must be built after consensus has been evolved on them.
He added that no project could be feasible if it created divisions and antagonisms amongst the provinces. He reiterated that PTI was sensitised to the interests of all the people of Pakistan and believed in the principle of national consensus-building.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 4th, 2014.