Importance Of Canals In Pakistan Best

Fresh push for clearing canals’ dykes of encroachments leads to violent protest

SUKKUR: Police used batons and tear-gas shells to break up an over five-hour long sit-in on Indus Highway by illegal occupants of canals’ dykes who were protesting against demolition of their property during an anti-encroachment operation jointly launched by district administration and irrigation department on Wednesday...

Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Sukkur district president Mobin Khan Jatoi and Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl Sukkur...

Downpour triggers floods in Charsadda, Peshawar canals

PESHAWAR: Heavy rains damaged mud houses, disrupted electric supply and triggered floods in canals in Charsadda and Peshawar on Wednesday night and Thursday...

‘Water in all canals to be released from 25th, ban on paddy cultivation to continue’

It also decided to release water in all canals in Sindh from April 25...

Irsa to close canals for annual desilting from 25th

ISLAMABAD: The Indus River System Authority (Irsa) has decided in consultation with the provinces to close canals from Dec 25 to Jan 31 for annual maintenance and de-silting...

The canals from the head Trimmu will remain closed from Jan 10 to Jan 27 and Sidhnai canal from Jan 11 to Jan 28...

Lining dykes & canals

Resilient material needs to be used to line the dykes and canals which can sustain the fast flow of floodwater...

Hyderabad’s contaminated canals

THE contamination of the Kotri barrage’s four main canals continues unabated as a result of the inflow of domestic, municipal and industrial wastewater...

These canals, including old and new Phulelli, Akram Wah and Kalri Baghar feeder, supply water to the population that lives downstream the Kotri barrage...

Springs, canals in Swabi being used as waste dumping sites

SWABI: Though the Swabi district is blessed with a number of natural springs and canals, the people’s callousness and authorities’ failure to prevent them from being polluted has ruined this natural source of water being used for centuries by people for the purposes of irrigating crops and domestic use...

“The officials supposed to look after the canals are nowhere to be seen,” Wisal Khan lamented...

Irsa closes three canals in Punjab to divert additional water towards Sindh

Irsa officials have closed down Panjand, Taremo and TP link canals to divert the additional flows to Sindh...

To provide the additional water to Sindh province, the authority has closed down three canals in Punjab...

Upgrading canals

Four of the 14 main canals emanating from three provincial barrages have been handed over to the authority (SIDA) and the rest are managed by the Sindh irrigation department...

On-going works in the left bank canals are being executed at a cost of Rs2,859m; Rs2,989m will be spent on the Ghotki Feeder and Rs3578m on the Mithrao Canal...

Officials’ absence, effluent disposal into Dadu canals irk water commission

DADU: Retired Justice Amir Hani Muslim, head of the one-man Supreme Court-mandated water commission, on Monday inspected water supply and sewerage installations in the district and expressed his anger over absence of officers concerned and unchecked release of sewage and toxic runoff of industries into canals and natural storm water drains...

Sindh, Punjab embroiled in controversy over canals’ status amid looming water crisis

HYDERABAD: Senate’s standing committee on water resources will recommend to the Council of Common Interests (CCI)-led committee on water issue to determine status of link canals branching off from the Indus and ascertain whether consent of lower riparian (Sindh) is mandatory to operate these canals, besides redefining criteria of Mangla Dam operation...

The top water regulator, according to Sindh, allows operation of link canals —...

Pakistan envoy stresses importance of ties with US

WASHINGTON: Pakistan’s ambassador to the United States has stressed the need for strengthening ties with Washington as a US delegation heads to Islamabad this week for talks on bilateral relations...

“It’s in Pakistan’s interest to strengthen ties with the United States...

Delegation of US Senators meets Sartaj, highlight Pakistan's regional importance

Deputy Chief of Mission of US Embassy Jonathan Pratt was also present at the meeting where the two sides discussed Pak-US ties, matters of regional importance, peace in Afghanistan and the US' role in the Quadrilateral Coordination Group (QCG)...

Stressing the importance of Pakistan in regional stability, McCain added, "Pakistan's role is important for peace and stability in Afghanistan...

'Russia attaches great importance to anti-terror cooperation with Pakistan'

MOSCOW: Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov stated on Wednesday that Russia attaches great importance to counter-terrorist cooperation with Pakistan as a key player in the field, according to a report published on the Sputnik website...

"Pakistan is one of the key countries in the fight against terrorism...

Cannot deny the importance of Trump's statement on Pakistan in India: FM Qureshi

Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Tuesday said the importance of US President Donald Trump's statement during his visit to India — in which he said that the US has a "very good relationship" with Pakistan — cannot be denied...

A day earlier, US President Donald Trump, while addressing a packed rally in Ahmedabad after his arrival in India on Monday, said the United States has "a very good relationship" with Pakistan...