PM Vows to Boost Water Storage Capacity

PM vows to boost water storage capacity

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday announced plans to boost the country's water storage capacity, citing India's attempts to weaponise water. During a visit to the National Emergencies Operations Centre (NEOC), the prime minister said that an international court (Permanent Court of Arbitration) announced a supplemental order, emphasizing that India had no authority to suspend the Indus Waters Treaty unilaterally. "But the enemy has certain…

When Rivers Remember: India’s Ganga Gambit in the Shadow of the Indus Waters Treaty - Goa Chronicle

In the small riverside town of Rajshahi in Bangladesh, 58-year-old farmer Abdul Momen wakes at dawn, not to the call of the muezzin, but to the murmur of the Ganga. He listens for her pulse, watches her colour, and tries to gauge if she’ll be kind that day. His paddy fields depend on her generosity. But of late, the river has grown moody, thinner, more hesitant, slower in her flow. And Momen isn’t alone in his unease. Across both banks of the In…

Pakistan Moves to Boost Water Storage Amid India’s Treaty Suspension - Day News TV

Facing climate threats and the suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty by India, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has vowed to accelerate the construction of water reservoirs across Pakistan. India’s Treaty Suspension Sparks Alarm India suspended the decades-old, World Bank-brokered treaty in April 2025. The decision followed a militant attack in Kashmir that killed 26 people. Blaming Pakistan for the incident, New Delhi stated it would not resume co…

PM orders water storage projects amid India’s aggressive stance on IWT

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has instructed the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) to formulate a coordinated strategy with provincial disaster management authorities to prevent tragedies like the recent incident in Swat. He issued these directives while speaking at a ceremony during his visit to the National Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC) of the NDMA in Islamabad on Tuesday. The Prime Minister also called for a detailed report o…