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Kala Bagh Dam not needed: GA Bilour
ISLAMABAD: Awami National Party (ANP) leader Ghulam Ahmed Bilour Monday said there is no need of Kalabagh Dam in the country.Talking to media after a meeting with Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani at the latter’s residence in Lahore, he said in the event of Kala Bagh Dam construction, the NWFP will die of inundation and Sindh of drought.
He discussed with the PM Gilani issues relating the coalition government of the ANP and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) in the province, political situation and name of the province.
Commenting on the Pakhtoonkhaw as province’s name, Bilour said it would be tantamount to restoration of the identity of Pakhtoons obliterated by the English rulers, adding this is not an ego issue.
The ANP leader stressed the construction of Bhasha Dam for the resolution of energy crisis in the country.
Kalabagh Dam will detrimental to the province, he added.
Courtesy www.Geo.tv