Indus Waters Treaty

How Pakistan’s Farms and Dams Are Suffering After Indus Waters Treaty Halt

20 Jun 2025

Pakistan is facing an escalating water crisis as the effects of India's suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) start showing. The treaty was suspended after the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack, during which 26 lives were lost. In retaliation, India called upon Pakistan to take "credible and irrevocable" steps...

Pakistan’s Dams Hit ‘Dead Level’ As India Cuts River Flow, Kharif Season At Risk

12 Jun 2025

A sharp decline in the flow of western rivers — Indus, Jhelum, and Chenab — from India has triggered alarm in Pakistan, with water levels at major dams now reaching ‘dead level’. This drop, although common before the monsoon, appears more serious this year due to continued dam flushing and...

Pakistan Warns of China Blocking Brahmaputra: Should India Be Concerned?

03 Jun 2025

Despite a halt in military engagements between India and Pakistan, tensions continue to simmer over water. Following the Pahalgam terror attack, India suspended the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) of 1960, prompting outrage in Islamabad. Reports now indicate that water levels in the Indus and Jhelum rivers within Pakistan have declined...

Water Crisis Deepens in Pakistan: Indus River System Running Dry

02 Jun 2025

Punjab province of Pakistan is facing a water crisis with the Kharif (summer) crop sowing season commencing. A drastic fall in the water level of major rivers and dams, along with India's recent hold on the Indus Waters Treaty, has raised alarms regarding a drought-like situation in the region. Two...

Indus Waters Treaty: Dr. Dua Warns India to Act Before Water Crisis Deepens

02 Jun 2025

In a stimulating discussion on The Sunday Guardian Podcast with Joyeeta Basu, renowned economist and ex-Union Secretary Dr. Ajay Dua called upon the government of India to strongly stand on its rights to insist on exercising its full rights under the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT). Citing the 1960 India-Pakistan agreement...

‘Not a Single Drop to Pak’: PM Modi Issues Bold Warning on Indus Waters

22 May 2025

PM Narendra Modi declared in a speech in Rajasthan on Thursday, April 22, that Pakistan would no longer receive water from rivers over which India has rights, intensifying the India-Pakistan water dispute. This statement was made following a terror attack in Pahalgam, Kashmir, which claimed 26 innocent lives. India suspended...

No Exit, No Breach: India’s Calculated Pause on Indus Waters Treaty | TDG Explainer

19 May 2025

The Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), at one point considered a model of cooperation between enemies, now hangs in a calculated state of limbo. Legal nuances, shifting geopolitics, and the constant threat of cross-border terrorism have all been factors in its current stalemate. For India, the moment is both a strategic...

Bilawal Bhutto Defends His “Blood in River” Remark Amid Rising Tensions Over Indus Waters Treaty

02 May 2025

Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has again stood by his incendiary statement, "when there is war, blood does flow," uttered after India halted the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT). His comments have been in focus in the wake of the latest terrorist attack on Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam, which...

Indus Waters Treaty deserves immediate abrogation

29 Apr 2025

A shocking and tragic terror attack on 25th April 2025 at Pahalgam by state-sponsored terrorists from Pakistan prompted India to take a bold strategy and diplomatic steps to act decisively against Pakistan. Due to the consequences of it, India has put the Indus Waters Treaty of 1960 held in hold....

2 Key Factors Behind Pakistan’s Fury Over India’s Suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty | TDG Explainer

27 Apr 2025

India's move to suspend the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) as a retaliatory measure for the Pahalgam attack has evoked a strong reaction from Pakistan. This action has enraged Pakistani leaders such as PPP chief Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, who announced Pakistan as the actual custodian of the Indus civilization. He threatened India,...

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