The French News Agency says one of the wounded later died in a hospital. Parts of Pakistan are facing a severe water shortage because of two years of drought. Sindh province has been especially hard hit. Plans to build more dams have been bogged down in inter-provincial bickering. Ethnic groups in the state have accused the government of favoring populous Punjab province in distribution.
Government officials deny the charge.
They say they have been pumping water from Punjab to Sindh. Email this article to a friend.