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Pakistan says won’t build new canals, dousing row over key irrigation project

  • Government launched project in Feb. to build network of six canals on Indus to irrigate millions of acres of barren lands
  • Critics say project would trigger water shortages, weeks of protests forced government to pause plans last week
By SAIMA SHABBIR ·

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