Pakistan Readying To Challenge India's Suspension Of Vital Water Treaty Amid Rising Tensions

Fact check: Did India trigger a flood in Pakistan?

Viral posts on social media have claimed India triggered a flood in Pakistan by withholding, then releasing, large amounts of water from a dam, causing flooding.

India's Indus Waters Treaty Move 'Dries' Pak; Fishermen Plead PM Modi | 'No Life Without Water'

Fears are deepening along the banks of Indus River in Pakistan's Sindh since India suspended the Indus Waters Treaty with its rival in the aftermath of the deadly Pahalgam terror attack. The crisis is already existential for local fishermen in Sukkur area. One of them pleaded that they can't survive without water. Watch this report.

‘India can starve us’: farmers in Pakistan decry suspension of crucial water treaty

Indus treaty, which had survived 65 years and three wars between countries, has been paused after Kashmir attackIn July 2023, Ali Haider Dogar was one of tens of thousands of farmers in central-eastern Pakistan whose crops were submerged after India released water from the Sutlej River into Pakistan in an attempt to mitigate flash floods in its own northern regions.Dogar, whose family’s losses in 2023 ran to tens of thousands of pounds, said eve…

Pakistan Readying To Challenge India's Suspension Of Vital Water Treaty Amid Rising Tensions

Pakistani Minister for Law and Justice Aqeel Malik said that Islamabad is working on plans for at least three different legal options, including raising the issue at the World Bank, who is the facilitator for the six-decade old Indus Waters Treaty.

Opinion | No Flood Data, New Dams: How India May Target Pak With Indus Treaty Suspension

In the immediate term, India can hurt Pakistan by halting data-sharing, publicising new projects, optimising existing dams and escalating diplomatic pressure, thereby causing public anxiety in the already water-stressed country.