A parliamentarian belonging to PML-N, Javed Ali Shah wanted to speak on a point of order in the Senate. According to an English daily, the parliamentarian had barely mentioned the word Kalabagh dam when there was an uproar in the Senate and a number of Senators from Sindh and ANP created a furor saying that Kalabagh dam was a dead issue that could not be discussed. It may be recollected that in the past also, virtually all parliamentarians from the three smaller provinces i.e. Sindh, NWFP and Balochistan have been standing against this project of great import and significance. The subject, therefore, has become a taboo. This has become a matter of ego for some, notwithstanding its overwhelming necessity for the future of Pakistan. It is high time we shed our prejudices that are based on sentimental or parochial notions for the good of the entire country. Issues as vital as this have to be pursued for the sake of our collective survival that we cannot put at stake on sentiments or whims of a few segments of public opinion. -BRIGADIER (Rtd) A. Q. ANJUM, Rawalpindi, January 22.