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Current Issues, Islamabad, Pakistan, Politics, Punjab, Sindh

‘Downstream Kotri’

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By: M Khan Sial, Karachi, Sindh

This refers to letter of Choudhry Hamid Malhi, Lahore (Aug 7) headlined above.

It was unfair to claim the so-called study of downstream Kotri was conducted by WAPDA in 2005, had approval of Sindh government. First of all, what was justification for WAPDA to delay the already agreed important survey for long period of 14 years of signing the Accord? This shows the malafide intentions of WAPDA against Sindh and as such WAPDA should clarify the reasons for delay and fix responsibility for this?

It was on record, the Sindh government had rejected the said so-called survey conducted by WAPDA as Sindh govt was not taken on board. Attending one or two meetings if any, does not mean, its decision had Sindh Government’s final approval.

If there is any approval of the so-called survey by Sindh government, WAPDA should release the copy of the agreement in media showing signatures of all concerned.

Later, the Sindh government had arranged survey through an international organisation as its own and as per media, it was recommended to release at least 10 MAF water annually downstream Kotri whereas internationally organised IUCN had also conducted the survey separately that recommended release of 32 to 35 MAF water annually as mandatory requirement. It was claimed that in WAPDA’s survey even it was agreed that 25 MAF water to be released within five years, but till today the said water was not released leaving Indus delta to ruin completely.

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Economy, Pakistan, Punjab, Sindh

Well Done Punjab/ Pakistan!

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…. stealing the water of Sindh. –  Mir Raza

Killing of Habib Jalib Balouch and stealing the water of Sindh by force has damaged the old and already fragmented edifice of this country but the short heightened leadership of Paunjab have no vision to see this damage.

… They are DWARFS, they can’t read the writing on the wall, they haven’t learned from the seceding of Bangladesh from Pakistan, murdering 4 Bhuttos and sending their dead bodies to Sindh. They are racist and fascist, they are killers, that is way today Balochistan is bleeding.

They think, they can steal water and other resources of Sindh and Baluchistan. They can open Chashma-Jehlum link (CJ) canal by force but they don’t know how much damage they have done of this federation by their illegal actions. By Opening CJ Canal illegally, they are working well to destroy the rest of Pakistan. Well Done Punjab.

Courtesy: Sindhi e-lists/ e-groups, July 15, 2010

Culture, History, Sindhi

International Conference on The Sindhu-Sarasvati Civilization

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by Manzoor Chandio, Karachi, Sindh

An international conference on the Sindhu-Sarasvati Valley Civilization will be held in Los Angeles, at Loyola Marymount University, Feb. 21 and 22, 2009. Prominent scholars in the field will present their findings regarding the people and culture of ancient..

The aim of the conference is to discuss, reconsider and reconstruct a shared identity of the Sindhu (Indus) and Saraswati cultures using archaeological and other scientific evidences as well as Vedic literature.

Discussion Themes:

1. Time: Chronology of Indus Valley and Vedic Cultures.

2. People: Linguistic Relationship

3 Place: Geographical location: The Saraswati and the Indus cultural habitats

4. Patterns of Cultural Interactions: Trade, Religion, Polity.

5. Origins: Homeland, Migration.

6. Continuities: Biological, Ethnological

Individual talks for 30 minutes, with 15 minute Q&A time.

Time: 9.00 am to 6.00 pm – Feb 21, 2009

9.00 am to 2.00 pm-Feb 22, 2009

Participants:

Jonathan Mark Kenoyer ( University of Wisconsin)

B.B. Lal (Former DG, Archaeological Survey of India)

Jim G. Shaffer ( Case Western Reserve University)

Carl C. Lamberg-Karlovsky ( Harvard University)

S.R.Rao (Archaeological Survey of India and NIO)

Edwin Bryant ( Rutgers University)

Vijendra Kumar Kashyap (National Institute of Biologicals, India)

Maurizio Tosi ( University of Bologna , Italy )

Ashok Aklujkar ( University of British Columbia)

R.S. Bisht (Archaeological Survey of India)

Louis Flam ( City University of New York)

Dennys Frenez ( University of Bologna)

Shiva Bajpai (California State University, Northridge)

Nicholas Kazanas ( Omilos Meleton Cultural Institute , Athens )

Subhash Kak ( Oklahama State University)

The papers presented at the conference will be made available to the people at the venue and later published as a volume about the origins, people and culture of the Indus/Sindhu Valley and Saraswati Valley civilizations.

Sponsors:

Doshi Bridgebuilder Endowment, Loyola Marymount University

Nalanda International

Soka University of America

Classics and Archaeology, Loyola Marymount University.

College of Liberal Arts, Loyola Marymount University

Advisory Committee:

Damodar Sardesai (Professor Emeritus of History, UCLA)

Navin Doshi (President, Nalanda International)

Nalini Rao (Professor of Art History, Soka University of America/ Director of Sindhu-Saraswati Conference)

Christopher Key Chapple (Doshi Professor of Indic and Comparative Theology, LMU),

Debashish Banerji (Art Historian, Executive Director, Nalanda International)

Manzoor Chandio’s Blog: http://manzoorchandio.blogspot.com