Pakistan's Hindu minister attacked in Sindh by protesters opposing govt's canal

A Pakistani Hindu Minister of State was attacked in Sindh by protestors opposing the federal governments controversial irrigation canal projects on the pretext that it would reduce the downward flow of rivers that are key for irrigation in the southern provinceKheal Das Kohistani state minister for religious affairs in Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharifled government was driving through the Thatta district of the province on Saturday when his motorcade was pelted with tomatoes and potatoesOfficials said that Kohistani remained unharmed in the attackPrime Minister Shehbaz strongly condemned the attack on Kohistani and assured him of a thorough investigation into the incidentThe attack on the public representatives is unacceptable The persons involved in the incident would be given exemplary punishment he saidKohistani is a member of the ruling Pakistan Muslim LeagueNawaz PMLN and the protesters also chanted slogans against the partys federal governmentFederal Minister for Information Atta Tarar also took notice of the incident and declared it an attackHe also sought details of the incident from Sindh Inspector General Police IGP Ghulam Nabi Memon and a report from the federal interior secretarySindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah also strongly condemned the act in the strongest terms In his statement he said that no one has the right to take the law into their own handsHe directed the Deputy Inspector General of police for the Hyderabad region to immediately arrest the miscreants involved in the attack and submit a reportAccording to personal details on the website of the National Assembly Kohistani hails from the Jamshoro district of Sindh and he was for the first time elected as a member of the parliament in 2018 on the ticket of PMLNAfter serving for the full fiveyear term he was reelected in 2024 and also got the nod for elevation to become Minister of StateThe federal government has announced that there is a proposal to construct six canals in the Punjab province to irrigate land in the Cholistan region under the Green Pakistan Initiative a project having the support of the powerful army the federal government and the Punjab provincial administrationHowever various parties and nationalist groups in Sindh have been protesting against the project with the plea that the canals would reduce the downstream flow of water and adversely affect irrigation in the provinceThe attackers were protesting against the proposed canalsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoeveratOptionskeyd0ddb8ef8f1a62a8cdd22fac27fc5ea7formatiframeheight90width728params