Chairman of Save Water Save Pakistan Forum and Ex Chief Advisor of United Nations Engineer Bashir Ahmed Malik has appealed to the Chief Justice of Pakistan to order a judicial inquiry commission headed by a Supreme Court Judge including a Chief Engineer of Punjab Irrigation Department experienced in the operation of canal networks as a technical member and also a lawyer well versed in international law particularly of riparian water rights, to inquire the matter of deliberate negligence of duty by Pakistan’s Indus Water Commissioner Jamaat Ali Shah who escaped to Canada despite his name being on the Exit Control List.
He held a vital post regarding the implementation of Indus Water Treaty. A probe also found him guilty of having failed to take effective steps against the construction of Nimoo Bazgo Dam on the Indus by India in occupied Kashmir in infringement of the Treaty. India has been exploiting IWT as a weapon of water war against Pakistan by building dams and other works on our Western Rivers; the Chenab, Jhelum and the Indus in flagrant violation of the Treaty.
