Pakistan's dispute over new canal project threatens political coalition

ISLAMABAD -- Growing concerns over a potential water crisis from the building of a new canal have sparked opposition across Pakistan's southern province of Sindh, with the local assembly passing a resolution against it in mid-March. This has raised fear that the Pakistan People's Party (PPP), which has Sindh as its stronghold, could leave the governing coalition of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif over the issue.