Pakistan, Oct. 5 -- PPP Sindh President Senator Nisar Khuhro on Saturday assailed Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz's remarks regarding the contentious canals issue as a violation of the decision made by the Council of Common Interests (CCI).

The war of words between the two sides that kicked off over flood compensation, expanded to water rights on the Indus River as CM Maryam told the PPP leadership to keep its advice to itself.

In response, the PPP had lawmakers stay away from parliamentary proceedings to protest the diatribe. PPP and PML-N bigwigs met in Islamabad on Wednesday to find a way out of the row, with the former asking CM Maryam to "rethink her tone" while speaking about water rights of the provinces.

However, she declare...