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International Court Backs Pakistan’s Position on Indus Waters Treaty
May 20th, 2026
Via Nikkei Asia, a report on latest developments around the Indus Waters Treaty where India continues to reject arbitration, leaving New Delhi-Islamabad ties frozen: An international court has upheld Pakistan’s plea against India’s pondage at two hydroelectric projects in the New Delhi-administered Kashmir region, reinforcing Islamabad’s position on the Indus Waters Treaty, a water-sharing agreement […]
Read more »Indus Waters Treaty at Crossroads: Pakistan’s Legal Response and India’s Position
April 20th, 2026
Via Modern Dipomacy, a look at how – one year after tensions escalated over the Indus Waters Treaty – the evolving dynamic between Pakistan and India presents a significant case study in the interaction between law, diplomacy, and regional stability: One year after tensions escalated over the Indus Waters Treaty, the evolving dynamic between Pakistan […]
Read more »Taliban Regime’s Damming of Transboundary Rivers
December 8th, 2025
Via The Diplomat, a report on Afghanistan’s growing need to build dams for its water and power needs, and Pakistan’s opposition to dam building on the Kunar River and its tributaries is due to political rather than technical reasons: Afghanistan suffers from severe water and electricity shortages. This is partly because its geographic location and […]
Read more »Liquid Front Lines: South Asia’s Water Wars
November 8th, 2025
Via The Economist, a look at how climate change and rising energy demand could worsen conflict over rivers: RARELY CALM, the cross-border politics of South Asia’s great rivers have been roiling of late. In late October Afghanistan revealed plans to build dams on the Kabul river, rankling Pakistan, with which it had skirmished on the […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: How India and Pakistan’s Cooperation Over Water Has Avoided Conflict
November 3rd, 2025
Via Vision of Humanity, a look at how India and Pakistan’s shared dependence on the Indus River has, for six decades, been governed by an agreement that has outlasted wars, political upheavals and climatic shocks: The Ecological Threat Report 2025 describes the Indus Waters Treaty between India and Pakistan as a “core conflict-resolution tool and […]
Read more »Solar-Powered Farming is Digging Pakistan into a Water Catastrophe
October 17th, 2025
Via Reuters, a report on the impact that solar-powered farming is having upon Pakistan water supply: Solar-powered tube wells drive increased irrigation, expanding fields of thirsty rice crops Development coincides with rapidly depleting water tables in Pakistan’s bread basket Farmers financially benefit from cheap Chinese-made modules despite environmental concerns Officials studying impact and trying to […]
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