Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is scheduled to undertake an official visit to the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Republic of Turkiye from July 3-5, Foreign Office spokesperson, Tahir Andrabi said on Thursday. The spokesperson, at the weekly press briefing, said that the prime minister would travel to Iran first to participate in the funeral […]
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Water Coercion
The most consequential sentence at Islamabad seminar on the Indus Waters Treaty came from Pakistan’s Indus Waters commissioner, who said he had written four times to his Indian counterpart over significant fluctuations in the Chenab since New Delhi placed the treaty in “abeyance.” No answer has come. Syed Muhammad Mehar Ali Shah described the Chenab […]
‘Water is our red line’: Tarar says IWT cannot be unilaterally revoked
Information Minister Attaullah Tarar asserted on Monday that the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) between India and Pakistan could not be unilaterally revoked or altered, stressing that the people of Pakistan had a right to Indus waterways under the “legally enforceable treaty” that remained in force. He said this while addressing a press conference alongside Climate […]
Water Aggression Against Pakistan
In the shifting currents of international affairs, Pakistan has emerged as a beacon of mediation and restraint, a metaphor for peace in a world often fractured by discord. Where once global perceptions painted the nation in hues of suspicion and instability, today a profound transformation commands respect from capitals across continents. The United States, the […]
India cannot unilaterally stop Pakistan’s water share: expert
Dr Kashif Majeed Salik, Research Fellow at the Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) and a water and agriculture policy expert, said that India cannot unilaterally stop or divert Pakistan’s share of water under the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), and that using water as a weapon carries serious consequences for regional peace and stability. Talking to […]
The Weaponisation of Rivers and Water by India (Part I)
Somewhere in the upper reaches of the Chenab, beyond the snowfields of Lahaul-Spiti, engineers are drilling an 8.7-kilometre tunnel through a Himalayan mountain. When completed, it will silently redirect water that has flowed toward Pakistan for millions of years, channelling it instead into India’s Beas River system – away from the fields of Pakistani Punjab, […]
India’s water weaponisation undermines regional peace: Chinese scholar
India’s recent provocative announcement to completely halt water flows into Pakistan represents a reckless and dangerous act of transboundary water weaponization, which gravely endangers regional peace and defies fundamental international obligations. This was stated by Prof Cheng Xizhong, Senior Research Fellow at the Charhar Institute, a non-governmental Chinese think-tank on diplomacy and international studies based […]
‘All nations must adhere to globally recognised treaties on water resources’
Chairman WAPDA Lt Gen Muhammad Saeed (Retd), along with a 3-member delegation, represented Pakistan in the 17th International Infrastructure Investment and Construction Forum (IIICF) in Macao Special Administrative Region. The 3-day IIICF is being jointly organized by China International Contractors Association and Macao Commerce and Investment Promotion Institute. Established in 2010, IIICF serves as an […]
Water, war, warning
Water is life. This is not a metaphor. For 250 million Pakistanis, the rivers that flow from the mountains of the north are not a convenience or a luxury. They are the foundation of everything, such as food, farming, survival itself. When India’s water minister stands before cameras and declares that not a single drop […]
Water as a Weapon: Unravelling of a Treaty the World Once Called a Miracle (Part II)
Pakistan’s formal position is unambiguous: the Indus Waters Treaty remains legally binding, its obligations are not subject to unilateral modification, and India’s 2023 notice of intent to renegotiate has no standing under international law. That position has substantial legal backing. IWT contains no provision permitting unilateral withdrawal or modification. Article XII of the treaty specifies […]