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‘India could use water as weapon’: Pakistan minister as Indus Waters Treaty remains in abeyance

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'India could use water as weapon': Pakistan minister as Indus Waters Treaty remains in abeyance

Pakistan minister Ahsan Iqbal (File photo) Pakistan minister Ahsan Iqbal has said India could “weaponise” the Indus Water Treaty (IWT) and expressed hope that “better sense” would prevail to prevent the two neighbours from going to war again, this time over water.He noted that the treaty had remained “untouchable” for almost seven decades since it … Read more

Indus Water Treaty: Obstacles, Exploitation and a Belated Reckoning

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Indus Water Treaty: Obstacles, Exploitation and a Belated Reckoning

1.1) Since the Treaty was signed, Pakistan has used its dispute settlement provisions as a strategic tool to delay and effectively hinder development, rather than as a genuine dispute resolution.Virtually every major hydropower project proposed by India on western rivers – even those expressly permitted by treaty terms – has faced formal objections from Pakistan, … Read more