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LHC seeks govt reply on Kalabagh dam pleas
By APP
LAHORE: Lahore High Court Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial on Tuesday sought a reply from the federal government over not presenting the issue of Kalabagh dam in the Council of Common Interest (CCI), till August 7.Justice Umar Ata Bandial passed the order on a petition filed by Advocate Syed Feroze Shah Gilani impleading the federal government, CCI and Chairman WAPDA.
The petitioner, in his petition, submitted the Kalabagh Dam was not an issue of Punjab alone but a matter of the country's survival that was at stake due to fast depleting water resources.
Therefore, directions be issued to convene a meeting of CCI to formulate, decide, build consensus and exercise supervision and control of the Kalabagh dam project, he pleaded.
Earlier, the CCI through a reply had informed the court that Kalabagh dam issue was never presented before it.
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