Islamabad, June 5 -- Amid India's decision to suspend the Indus Waters Treaty, a worried Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said that building new water reservoirs is a national priority.
Addressing a high-level meeting on water security, Shehbaz Sharif urged both the federation and provinces to work together on this. "Construction of non-disputed water reservoirs must be completed on a fast track," he directed, while assuring that new dams will only be built with the consensus of all provinces, Samaa reported
To take the plan forward, a high-powered committee has been formed under Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar.
The committee will evaluate funding strategies for dam construction and includes all five chief ministers, and relev...