Pahalgam attack: Indus Water Treaty and the implications of its suspension on Pakistan

India’s Warning To Pakistan

By Brahma Chellaney, Project Syndicate| May 7, 2025No country can be expected to uphold a peacetime treaty while suffering the consequences of an undeclared war. If Pakistan refuses to end its support for cross-border terrorism, India has every right to withdraw from the now-paused Indus Waters Treaty. NEW DELHI – Last month, Islamist gunmen – two of whom have been identified as Pakistani nationals – slaughtered 26 civilians in the Indian-admini…

An unrelated video is being shared with the claim that it shows water scarcity in Pakistan after India suspended the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty

On 22 April 2025, a terrorist attack targeting tourists occurred in the Baisaran valley of Pahalgam, Jammu & Kashmir. The Resistance Front (TRF), a designated terrorist organisation, claimed responsibility for the attack. According to multiple media reports (here & here), the attackers indiscriminately opened fire on male non-Muslim tourists after reportedly questioning them about their religion. So far, 26 people have lost their lives in the in…

India, Pakistan and threats of a water war: what we know

Srinagar, India (AFP) April 26, 2025 India, furious after a deadly attack, has suspended the Indus Waters Treaty with Pakistan, with Islamabad warning any attempt to stop water flows would be considered an "act of war". The 65-year-old pact was considered a rare diplomatic success story between bitter nuclear-armed rivals who have fought multiple conflicts. But one thing experts on both sides of the border agree on is that

Why Putting Indus Waters Treaty ‘in Abeyance’ Has Been Counterproductive For India

This is not the first time that the Modi regime has tried to use legally dubious means vis-à-vis the treaty.

Tensions over Kashmir and a warming planet have placed the Indus Waters Treaty on life support

In 1995, World Bank Vice President Ismail Serageldin warned that whereas the conflicts of the previous 100 years had been over oil, “the wars of the next century will be fought over water.” Thirty years on, that prediction is being tested in one of the world’s most volatile regions: Kashmir. On…