Pakistani authorities have a tendency to pass the buck and exaggerate differences with India over the sharing of river waters though mismanagement within the country is resulting in the loss of 34 million acre feet of water. The Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi made the remarks when he was asked at a news conference in Islamabad, whether Pakistan had taken up the issue of India trying to block the flow of rivers by building dams during a meeting on Friday between Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh . <br/>Differences over the sharing of river waters have emerged as a major irritant in bilateral ties in recent years. Pakistani politicians have accused India of trying to turn the country into a desert by building a large number of dams and power projects on rivers in Jammu and Kashmir. India on the other hand has denied the charges and said the flow in the rivers has been affected by climate change and low rainfall. <br/>