US EditionPakistan Accuses India of 'Weaponizing Water' and Threatening Stability
Pakistan’s deputy prime minister warned India’s irregular Chenab water release breaches the treaty and risks escalating tensions into an act of war, threatening regional stability.
- On Friday, Ishaq Dar, Pakistan's deputy prime minister and foreign minister, accused New Delhi of `weaponizing water` by releasing water from Indian dams without warning, alleging treaty violations after Pakistan's Foreign Ministry wrote seeking clarification over irregular Chenab River releases.
- The Indus Waters Treaty, brokered by the World Bank in 1960, governs Indus river sharing between India and Pakistan, though Pakistan says India suspended treaty cooperation in April after 26 tourists were killed.
- Pakistan says India halted sharing of advance hydrological data and joint oversight mechanisms, exposing farmers and communities dependent on the Indus basin to floods and droughts; Dar warned this manipulation `has the potential to trigger a humanitarian crisis`, prompting Pakistan's Indus Commissioner to seek clarification.
- A day after seeking clarification from New Delhi, Pakistan informed U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres and the president of the U.N. General Assembly, urging U.N. involvement while New Delhi made no immediate comment.
- Pakistan says the breaches `strike at the heart` of the Indus Waters Treaty, and Pakistan's National Security Committee warned earlier this year that stopping flows would be an `act of war` amid bitter India-Pakistan relations.
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