Pahalgam attack: Indus Water Treaty and the implications of its suspension on Pakistan

Pakistan to approach WB over IWT: Asif

Even before its unilateral suspension in the wake of a militant attack on tourists in occupied Himalayan valley of Jammu and Kashmir three days back, India was not adhering to the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) of 1960. In the recent past, India boycotted the proceedings of Hague based Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) which Pakistan approached with a complaint against change in designs of two Indian hydro-power projects on the Indus River System …

The most dangerous river in the world: Why the Indus could spark WWIII

India’s suspension of the key water treaty with neighbouring Pakistan has led to escalating tension between the two nuclear armed nations

India working on strategy to stop flow of Indus river water to Pakistan

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Pakistan faces diplomatic and economic crisis following deadly attack in Jammu and Kashmir

In response to the terror attack in the town of Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir that left at least 26 tourists dead, the Indian government, on the evening of April 23, took comprehensive diplomatic and strategic retaliatory action against Pakistan, which included indefinite suspension of the Indus Water Treaty and closure of the Attari-Wagah border

After the attack on Pahalgam, attributed to fundamentalists from the neighboring country, New Delhi suspended the agreement for the sharing of irrigation flows from the Indus. Also tight on visas. Islamabad closes airspace: “Any intervention on the river is a hostile act.” The convicted president of the Republic of Srpska Milorad Dodik threatens Sarajevo with secession. The special contains two articles. Continue reading

India and Pakistan tension escalates with suspension of historic water treaty

India has taken the highly significant step of suspending the 1960 Indus waters treaty, which governs water sharing with Pakistan, as part of its response to the April 22 terrorist attack in Kashmir that killed at least 26 people. India’s foreign secretary, Vikram Misri, said that “the Indus Waters Treaty of 1960 will be held in abeyance with immediate effect, until Pakistan credibly and irrevocably abjures its support for cross-border terrorism…