For recent heavy floods in the country, Jamaat-ud-Dawah Amir Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, has held India responsible and said that the neighbouring country, under a conspiracy, released too much water into Pakistani rivers without adequate precautionary warnings.
Addressing a press conference at Karachi Press Club (KPC) on Saturday, Hafiz Saeed severely criticised India for violating the Indus Water Treaty and constructing world’s third largest Baglihar Dam on the Indus River.
“Monsoon seasons are natural but recent floods in last few years in Pakistan were result of a conspiracy by the hostile neighbouring nation. India is releasing sudden water in huge quantity under a conspiracy to destabilise Pakistani economy,” he remarked.
He also criticised the past and current governments for remaining silent over this serious national issue and urged Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to raise the issue in the United Nations and other international forums through diplomats.
Hafiz Muhammad Saeed said India had constructed over 4,000 dams since 1980 but unfortunately Pakistan could not construct more than two dams in these three decades.
While criticising the priorities of Punjab government, he said metro buses, motorways, and buildings would not be worthy until water dispute with India is resolved.