Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Independence Day assertion last year that- “Haq ka pani will serve Indian farmers”- marks a decisive shift in India’s approach to the Indus Waters. Far from …
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When Pakistan’s Defense Minister recently stated that his country would, in his word, “definitely” go to war over its waters, the language was aimed less at New Delhi than at …
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Facts Versus Fabrication: Reassessing the Indus Basin Water Debate
by Atul Jainby Atul Jain 5 minutes readPakistan’s recent claims projecting an impending water crisis in the Indus Basin and attributing river flow variations to upstream actions fail to withstand scrutiny when examined against Pakistan’s own hydrological …
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Opinion: Pakistan’s Fake Narrative Against India to Hide its Own Mismanagement of Water Resources
by Kushvinder Vohra 13 minutes readThere is a lot of misinformation around Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) which is being spread through various articles appearing in newspapers/magazines/online forums including in Pakistan. Articles by so-called elites or …
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Response 2: Indus Waters Treaty
by Dr. Pradeep Kumar Saxena 4 minutes readBrig (retd) Dr Raashid Wali Janjua’s letter suffers from the very same selective amnesia he accuses India of. An unbiased examination of the facts reveals that several of his contentions …
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Response 1: Indus Waters Treaty
by Dr. Pradeep Kumar Saxena 6 minutes readThe article is from Chatham House, which claims to be an independent policy institute and a trusted forum for debate and dialogue and aims to help governments and societies to …
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The Indus Waters Treaty Part II: Obstruction, Exploitation and the Long-Overdue Reckoning
by Dr. Pradeep Kumar Saxena 5 minutes read1. Pakistan’s Weaponization of the Treaty 1.1 Systematic Obstruction of Indian Development Since the Treaty’s signing, Pakistan has consistently used its dispute resolution provisions as a strategic tool to delay …
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The Indus Waters Treaty Part I: The Architecture of Inequity — How India’s Goodwill Was Codified into Concession
by Dr. Pradeep Kumar Saxena 5 minutes readBackground: The Partition of a River System The Indus River System comprises six major rivers—the Indus, Chenab, Jhelum, Ravi, Beas, and Sutlej—flowing through the territories of both India and Pakistan. …