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President Musharraf says building of new dams is essential, what do you think?

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Building of dams is the need of time and I want to ask MMA that this time is not for war between you and President Pervez Musharraf. 

Saqib Rizwan
Gujrat, Pakistan
rizviqalandar@yahoo.com 


Well I support him and definitely should go ahead with it. I hope it gets done soon and I would love to see my Pakistan and its people prosper.

Qaiser Anwar
Indiana, USA


Construction of these dams will definitely bring prosperity in the country and it will also bring short-term prosperity for thousands of people who will be employed during the construction. 

Most of our politicians do not understand the briefings from the government because they are mostly in English. If that is the case then our rulers must understand that they should communicate Pakistanis in their mother language.

Mumtaz Baig
USA


We must realise our present sources of electricity production and water storage are problem is soaring each day, which means we are deserting our country each day and given the situation not supporting for building up dams will be not right.

Malik Sami Ul Rasool Awan
Lahore


Of course the dams are imperative for the economic development of Pakistan. Every sensible person can understand the importance of having dams. But I would request politicians to think over this crucial issue and 
not to politicise it.

Naik Alam
Hunza, Pakistan

we must build dams and this is exactly the right time to put the hands at work . 
Faisal Qureshi
Cyprus 
Faisal_79_2000@hotmail.com 

I am of the view that construction of the Kalabagh dam should be dealt as a technical issue and 
I think the issue of the Kalabagh dam should be left for engineers

Some commission/committee having representation of senior engineers from all over Pakistan should be constituted to look into pros and cons of the dam's construction. They should prepare an authentic report citing the construction feasible or not. The next step should be taken after the report. This is one way out of this Kalabagh mess we have created for ourselves. 

M Asif Arshad 
Lahore, Pakistan


Dams should not be built as they bring ecological disaster. Let the water run as nature dictates. Our needs should alternatively be fulfiled by solar energy, as Pakistan has sunshine year around. 

Tarik Hussain
NJ, USA 
yanks10018@yahoo.com 


Only military rulers can take such steps because no one can challenge their decision.
Sometimes one has to take bitter pill, but we should keep in mind that our future generation will be thankful to us.Those who opposes such projects should keep in mind that to gain something we have to lose something in the best interest of the country.

Qaiser Sohail
Winnipeg MB


President Musharraf has rightly pointed out the importance of water and dams, all so-called parties must let him do at least one good work for the nation. All those people who are against these kind of great development plans must be ignored, since they only know how to talk against any good work. 

Shahkar Khalid 
Islamabad

These all dams are very important for the bright future of our country. All provinces should think about it beyond their political differences. 

Mohammad Asghar 
Washington, DC


The nation Needs dams. The politicians- what do they know. Most of them probably don't even know the geography and topography of the country. 

They are opposition for the sake of opposition. Nothing bothers them they have it made. It's the average citizen of Pakistan who will suffer if we don't plan for our future. Allah will not give the nation any maan-o-salva. 

It's about time that we became realistic. If any of these petty politicians want to block these dams the nation should bury them in the foundation of the said dams and name the dam after them. 

Nafees Asghar 
Houston TX USA


President Musharraf in his recent address to the nation rightly indicated importance of the river water issue. Dams should be constructed for optimum utilization of the water. But, it would be of greater advantage to the country if the dams should be built with consensus of all provinces of the country. 

Assad Hameed Malik 
Muzafar Garh, PUNJAB
Pakistan


Building water dams, constructing highways, producing electricity or similar projects can never go wrong. It is unfortunate that some Pakistani people and politicians trying to bear down on Pakistan's better future. 

Jamila
USA 


I think dams are very important for country's development but these should be built with consent by other provinces.

Zaheer Akram


If Pakistan has to survive as a nation-state, it is imperative that projects such as the Basha Dam and the
Kalabagh Dam, must come through census. NWFP is the only province that will suffer the most and as
such we will oppose this strategy of the Punjab to permanently 'QUARANTINE' our province for good. 

Given the current political scenario, it looks like Pakistan is heading towards anarchy and chaos with no political stability insight and the dictator is eager to accelerate that process towards catastrophe. It will be much better if
Musharraf hands over power to a civilian prime minister and let the parliament decide what is good
for the sovereign, stronger and stable Pakistan. 

Musharraf should prepare his exit strategy as soon as possible and before he lands himself into trouble with the people of Pakistan and forget about dams. 

Umar Khan Dawar
Peshawar

The construction of dam will boost economic activity and lots of people will get employment. The government should do whatever it feels important for Pakistan and should not seek the biased opinions of the looters and plunderers who are politicians of Pakistan.

Akbar Khan 
London


President should have taken this decision two years before, but it is never too late to start. Dams are very essential to boost the agro-economy the country 

Imran 
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia


It will be a great service to Pakistan. 
Dr. M. Kaleem Abbasi 
Germany 
kaleemabbasi@yahoo.com  


Dams should be constructed but without not consensus of all the provinces.

A. Hakeem Mahar
Pakistan


Building of the Dams is the need of the time. 

Syed Muzaffar Hussain 
Canada Ontario 
seidmh02@hotmail.com  


building dam is very much necessary and the message given by President is very clear. We
should look this in context of socio-economic development of the 

Muhammad Ashfaq Tahir
Saudi Arabia

Sure. I think he is right. We should make canals and dams but there should be written guarantees to protect the rights of Sind that it would have its due share of the water every year from the water reservoirs 

Mohammad A Mirza
Saudi Aramco


Food and water security is very important for future of our country. If there is no food and water security, there is only anarchy. In this context, dams are important for our security today and for generations to come. 

Jamil Siddique 
USA


If the dams are really not harmful to any province and it is important for the economy then why not just move ahead with the project.

Tariq Jamshaid 
Sydney


Pakistan is an agricultural country and the need of dams is necessary for saving of water and its judicious utilization through canals in different parts of the land. 

President Musharraf was right saying that only construction of dams on the rivers will fulfill the future need of water in Pakistan. We all Pakistanis should understand better the facts and should not oppose our government for construct such highly needed dams. 

Khurram Shahzad 
Frankfurt, Germany

According to my opinion that we should take positive steps and we have no time to further invest lots of time on one project. I think president is right to take step forward to construct the dams, which we need for better future of the Pakistan. 

J. Akber


Dams are always important for the economy of nation. However, in our country the problem is that technical issues are politicised, we as a nation never tried to solve technical problems. 

Provinces and people are so much sensitive about Kalabagh Dam and similar other projects, as the governments never fully cared for the affectee. Take the case of Tarbela Dam, this project reached to it's completion 30 years before, but still many of it's affectee are helpless, sometimes we still see demands in the newspapers from the affectee for compensation. 

Hidayatur Rahman
Waterloo, Canada


I fully agree with Gen. Pervez Musharraf that water reservoirs and dams should immediately be constructed to overcome water depletion. 

Mohammad Shamsuddin
Karachi


Constructing dams and water reservoirs is no doubt inevitable, as it is better for the country. 

Awais Bhatti 
Dubai U.A.E


People of Pakistan should realize that water Dams are very essential for the people of Pakistan. As President " General Pervaiz Musharraf stated that these Dams are necessary for coming 50 years, I guess Pakistan has no choice other than building these Dams.

Akhlaq Ahmed 


I believe that if it's in the greater interest of the country to build the dams, then the provinces should stop thinking as provinces. They should think for the betterment of the whole country 

Sardar Hamza Abbasi 
Kansas, USA


Dams should be built up but guaranty for judicious water share for the small provinces must be given by Affidavit through United Nations. 

Noor-ul-Hassan Zardari 
Ph.D. Scholar 
Sydney, Australia


As an engineer I am in favour of the construction of dams at the proposed location, as they will bring prosperity in the country.

Siraj
Hamilton, New Zealand

I agree with President Musharraf that dams are very essential for the economic growth of Pakistan and anyone who is against the dams is against the interest of Pakistan. 

Saeed Ahmed Lodhi
s.lodhi@munshaat.com 

General Musharraf is not a politician, who while in power as President of Pakistan, will dictate his terms of making the four dams during his tenure. I am sure that General Musharraf must have gone through minutely the situation and he must have felt it in the national interest to construct the dams gradually.

There should be no controversy in the country on the issue of making these dams, as members of some the opposition parties have made this unnecessarily as a political issue.

I would like to quote an example for the valued readers of these columns. When some one starts constructing his or her house, he or she also construct the under-ground and over-head water tanks for reserving and uninterrupted flow of water. If the water tanks are not constructed in the house, then one has to wait for the water to flow in the house from the main water pipeline.

So constructing the water dams in the province of Sindh is as necessary as constructing the under-ground and over-head water tanks in the house. If the water dams are not made as has been elaborated by the President in his last televised speech on the issue, people living in province of Sindh will be the worst sufferers in future.

General Musharraf is from Karachi and he too is also a Sindhi. If making of dams would have gone against the interest of the people living in Sindh province, I think General Musharraf would have been the first person to say "no" to it.

As resolving the issue of construction of the dams is concerned, which dam should be constructed first is a core matter sort out. I think government should start constructing the dams according to the alphabetical order of the places where dams are to be made. The first dam should be constructed in Akori, the second dam in Basha, the third in Kalabagh and the fourth and the last dam should be constructed in Skurdu.

I would request the opposition leaders not to distract the people of Sindh by giving disinformation in the print and electronic media, as sooner or later people of Sindh will realize the fact that making of water dams for them is as necessary as the presence of oxygen in the air for the people to breath.

Syed A. Mateen
Karachi-Pakistan
pakistan@attglobal.net


Yes it is true that dam is very much necessary for Pakistan as every Pakistani needs water and we should start looking towards a prosperity Pakistan.

Shahid

In present circumstances the media should develop awareness about the requirement of dams in the country. Also, the facts about the Kalabagh dam be brought in black and white so the general public should come to know as to what Kalabagh dam is and how it will benefit the country and what will be the losses or aftereffects of this dam?

Firasat Ali
Toronto

President Musharraf in his address to nation rightly indicated importance of the river water issue. Dams should be constructed for optimum utilization of the water. However I think dams should not be bulldozed over the provinces without their consent. Dams should be built with consensus of all provinces of the country. 


Rasheed Ahmed 
KARACHI

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