water crisis uniting traditional rivals
mqm and sindhis
``The water crisis threatens the very unity of the country,'' said Pahanwar, the irrigation expert.
In Sindh, the crisis has united political rivals and given extremist Sindhi nationalists a weapon with which to mobilize public support for their demand for greater autonomy or outright independence.
The water dispute with Punjab has brought together warring ethnic groups such as the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, representing urban Urdu-speaking migrants to Pakistan from India, and the Jeay Sindh, a militant Sindhi nationalist group .Sindh is contributing around 70 to 80 per cent to the Federal exchequer
[This message has been edited by rvikz (edited April 22, 2001).]
mqm and sindhis
``The water crisis threatens the very unity of the country,'' said Pahanwar, the irrigation expert.
In Sindh, the crisis has united political rivals and given extremist Sindhi nationalists a weapon with which to mobilize public support for their demand for greater autonomy or outright independence.
The water dispute with Punjab has brought together warring ethnic groups such as the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, representing urban Urdu-speaking migrants to Pakistan from India, and the Jeay Sindh, a militant Sindhi nationalist group .Sindh is contributing around 70 to 80 per cent to the Federal exchequer
[This message has been edited by rvikz (edited April 22, 2001).]
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