Indus waters treaty

ndian’s announcement on Thursday comes in addition to other actions like withdrawal of the most favoured nation (MFN) to Pakistan and slapping of a 200 per cent duty on all imports from Islamabad in the wake of the February 14 Pulwama terror attack that... read more

Earlier on Thursday, Gadkari had talked about stopping the flow of water from India’s share to Pakistan to pressurise the country from stopping support to terrorism and improve availability of water in Indian rivers. read more

Union minister Nitin Gadkari has said the government will build projects on three rivers to divert water flowing into Pakistan. read more

Pakistan’s Indus Commissioner Syed Mohammad Mehar Ali Shah will arrive in India along with his two advisers, sources said. read more

Without formally withdrawing from the bilateral deal with Pakistan, India must assert its upper-riparian rights. read more

Under the Indus Waters Treaty, waters flowing in three of Indus tributaries -- the Sutlej, Beas and Ravi -- have been allotted to India; while the Chenab, Jhelum and Indus waters have been allotted to Pakistan. read more

The Indus may be Pakistan’s jugular vein, yet a visionless and water-stressed India has allowed the Indus Water Treaty to hang like the proverbial albatross from its neck read more

The 115th meeting of the India-Pakistan Permanent Indus Commission (PIC) was held in Lahore on August 29-30. read more

Pakistan water commissioner Syed Mehr Ali Shah and additional commissioner Sheraz Jamil received the nine-member Indian delegation led by water commissioner PK Saxena on its arrival in Lahore via Wagah border. read more

The water commissioners of both India and Pakistan are required to meet twice a year and coordinate technical visits to project sites and critical river headworks. read more

Alleging that more youths from Jammu and Kashmir have been joining militancy in recent years, former chief minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday regretted that “not enough attention” was paid to the state during the recent no-confidence motion in Parli... read more

The World Bank says it will continue to work with both India and Pakistan to resolve the issues in an amicable manner and in line with the treaty provisions. read more

World Bank meeting took place days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the 330 MW Kishanganga hydroelectric project in Jammu and Kashmir amid protests from Pakistan which claims that the project on a river flowing into Pakistan will disrupt... read more

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had inaugurated the Kishanganga hydroelectric power plant in Jammu and Kashmir amid protests from Islamabad, which claims that the project on a river flowing into Pakistan will disrupt water supplies. read more

The Pakistan Foreign Office spokesperson warned that any Indian “misadventure” on the LoC and Working Boundary could lead to a strategic miscalculation. read more