Akhtiar Khokhar

Akhtiar Khokhar is a one of the karachi-based senior journalists. He has been doing investigative reporting for Pakistan's mainstream print and electronic media for the past 33 years, especially highlighting corruption and bad governance in government institutions and development projects.

Lawyers end sit-in after Pakistan halts controversial canal projects

Lawyers in Sindh province also demanded cancellation of corporate farming leases, with talks set to continue on May 13

Canal sit-in in Sindh enters day seven despite Pakistan govt assurances

Protesters demand a written cancellation of the controversial canal project as sit-in halts goods transport

Pakistan's vital highway paralyzed as lawyers protest new irrigation canals

Protest enters fifth day with up to 10,000 demonstrators blocking traffic in scorching heat

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Lawyers end sit-in after Pakistan halts controversial canal projects

Lawyers in Sindh province also demanded cancellation of corporate farming leases, with talks set to continue on May 13

Pakistan's Sindh protesters weigh next steps despite canal construction freeze

Protesters welcome federal government's decision to pause construction of new canals on Indus River

Canal sit-in in Sindh enters day seven despite Pakistan govt assurances

Protesters demand a written cancellation of the controversial canal project as sit-in halts goods transport

Has the court stopped Cholistan Canal project?

Sindh High Court issued a stay order against water availability certificate for Cholistan Canal project on April 7

Court order gives PPP, PML-N room to stall controversial canal project

SHC halts Cholistan Canal project, raising chances that federal and Sindh governments will delay final decision indefinitely