Monday, February 28, 2011
MNA Marvi Memon strongly criticized government’s late decision to conduct inquir
Press Release
28 February 2011
Islamabad
28 February 2011
Islamabad
MNA Marvi Memon strongly criticized government’s late decision to conduct inquiry into delays in raising timely objections over India’s efforts to secure international credit incentives to construct hyderopower projects Chutak and Nimoo-Bazgo in violation of Indus Water Treaty of 1960. She said government is in the habit of turning blind eye to important issues raised on the Floor of the House. She said that she has been raising Indian water terrorism issues in form of point of order, resolutions and on spot protests. She said as the Chairperson of National Assembly Standing Committee on Environment’s Sub-Committee on Climate Change she wrote a letter to Secretary Committee on July 17, 2010 on same subject to call committee meeting on this subject. Letter of this letter was also sent to Prime Minister but her efforts to raise this issue on time were sabotaged by government officials who blocked this meeting she said. Following is the text of the letter she wrote:
“We need to call an urgent meeting of the Environment sub committee on climate change to investigate how India has been given permission via a transboundary environmental impact assessment for its two hydropower projects: namely, Nimoo Bazgo and Chutak.
As per 37 clause b of UNFCCC (UN framework convention on climate change) rules of business it is mandatory for India to get approval from Pakistan before it starts getting carbon credit for the same projects. India has been earning carbon credits on these two projects since 2yrs.
Who are the officials within Ministry who gave this approval to India? Relevant officials of Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Water and Power need to be called to the meeting to explain how this criminal negligence took place.
We would like them to bring transboundary EIAs clearance certificates of Chutak, Nimoo Bazgo and all hydropower projects being executed in IHK and Himachal Pradesh. And if those projects have not been given TIEAs by Pakistan we would like them to explain what efforts they have made to pursue this international violation diplomatically”.
As per 37 clause b of UNFCCC (UN framework convention on climate change) rules of business it is mandatory for India to get approval from Pakistan before it starts getting carbon credit for the same projects. India has been earning carbon credits on these two projects since 2yrs.
Who are the officials within Ministry who gave this approval to India? Relevant officials of Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Water and Power need to be called to the meeting to explain how this criminal negligence took place.
We would like them to bring transboundary EIAs clearance certificates of Chutak, Nimoo Bazgo and all hydropower projects being executed in IHK and Himachal Pradesh. And if those projects have not been given TIEAs by Pakistan we would like them to explain what efforts they have made to pursue this international violation diplomatically”.
MNA Marvi Memon will be submitting the following privilege motion on Feb 28 2011 in National Assembly
I hereby submit in the National Assembly a privilege motion against:
1- CCPO Karachi for:
a) Tear gassing my peaceful protest with lower education staff at CM Sindh House on Feb 25 2011
b) Giving false FIRs against the protesters when they were not involved in any violence.
b) Giving false FIRs against the protesters when they were not involved in any violence.
2- Rafiq Engineer for:
a) Falsely claiming that government released the employees when we ourselves, assisted by Karachi Bar Association sorted their bail and got them released from Landhi jail
b) Fake assurance to me in woman police station that government would release them immediately
c) Accusing me of being law and order threat when government itself is responsible for injustices and for protecting terrorists.
b) Fake assurance to me in woman police station that government would release them immediately
c) Accusing me of being law and order threat when government itself is responsible for injustices and for protecting terrorists.
3- SP Seher for:
a) Directing police van to woman police station and for beating my fellow protestors, knowing fully well that as I had stated I would go with the last protestor if they touched him
b) making political statements against me as sitting MNA in media considering he should have been neutral servant of public.
b) making political statements against me as sitting MNA in media considering he should have been neutral servant of public.
4- CM Sindh for:
Making false assurances of regularization to Lower staff leading to our peaceful protests including bloodshed by government officials on Pakistanis fighting for their rights.
This is the third time in one year I have been tear gassed by this so called democratic government: NPIW protest March 2010 in Karachi, Lady Health Worker protest in June 2010 in Islamabad, and finally Lower Staff protest in Feb 2011 in Karachi). On previous occasions my privilege motions have not been allowed to be tabled in the house. Would appreciate if the same didn’t happen this time so that parliament’s supremacy can be proved.
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