Farmers and landowners from Balochistan's Naseerabad division held a sit-in in Sukkur, accusing the Sindh government of denying the province its rightful share of water from the Khirthar Canal.



Protesters said a severe water shortage in the canal has left thousands of acres barren in Naseerabad, a division long known as Balochistan's "green belt." They alleged that Sindh's treatment of Balochistan on the water issue amounts to discrimination.

Balochistan's provincial ministers, Mir Sadiq Umrani, Mir Saleem Khosa and Muhammad Khan Lehri, traveled to Sukkur to hold talks with the protesting landowners. However, the negotiations failed to produce a breakthrough.

Farmer leader Majeed Badeni said the demonstrators would continue to feel sidelined until Irrigation Minister Sadiq Umrani is removed from his post. In response, a spokesperson for Sadiq Umrani said the MPA should present facts to the public instead of levelling baseless accusations for cheap publicity.

The protest highlights a long-running dispute over irrigation water distribution between Sindh and Balochistan, with Naseerabad's farming community warning that continued shortages threaten the region's agricultural output