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Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif had to withdraw the notification for the appointment of Zafar Mahmood, a retired BS-22 bureaucrat and pro-Kalabagh Dam expert, as a non-member chairman of the Indus River System Authority (Irsa) following a strong reaction from Sindh given its major stakes in water distribution. Post-1947, irrigation water was allocated in the country through ad hoc arrangements. Following …

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