Balochistan and Sindh provinces have jointly rejected proposed amends in the Indus River System Authority Act.
Irrigation ministers of Balochistan and Sindh, Mir Sadiq Umrani and Jam Khan Shoro in a joint press conference here said,”We jointly reject the amendment in the IRSA Act”. “Amendments in the IRSA Act are violation of the constitution and against the provincial autonomy,” Sindh’s irrigation minister Jam Khan Shoro said. He said Sindh Assembly yesterday rejected the IRSA amends in a unanimously passed resolution.
“Under the current law Chairman IRSA becomes by rotation but under the proposed amendment the prime minister will appoint the chairman”.
