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The Parched Tiger: Indus Waters Treaty – An Unjustified Resentment Or Time To Bridge A River Divide?
October 12th, 2013
Two very interesting articles on the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty which – while not perfect – represents the best that was possible in the circumstances that prevailed then and likely cannot be changed until India-Pakistan relations improve. The first, via The Hindu, suggests: The Indus Water Treaty must move beyond its logic of compensation and […]
Read more »Pakistan’s Water Woes
September 12th, 2013
Via East Asia Forum, an interesting look at Pakistan’s water issues: While energy shortages, economic stagnation, terrorism and religious intolerance remain in the spotlight, water shortages pose one of the most significant threats to Pakistan. Regrettably, the Pakistani discourse on the subject remains in a state of delusion and is thus misdirected. In the 66 […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: India/Pakistan Water Tensions
August 12th, 2013
Via The News Tribe, an article on water tension between India and Pakistan: With tension is heightened on Line of Control, India has coupled the complication by starting water war with Pakistan. India has speed up its efforts of constructing dams on Chenab River, sources said terming this move as ‘equal’ to water war. According […]
Read more »Pakistan’s New Big Threat Isn’t Terrorism—It’s Water
July 23rd, 2013
Via The Atlantic, an article on how shortages of water threaten to destabilize south Asia even further: In a report released last week by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), Pakistan was pinpointed as “one of the most water-stressed countries in the world, not far from being classified, ‘water-scarce’.” As water demand exceeds supply in the […]
Read more »Pakistan: Tackling Its Water Shortages
July 9th, 2013
Via The International News, an article on Pakistan’s water challenges: Pakistan has been facing several major crises that include terrorism, the Balochistan and Karachi issues, electricity and gas shortages besides economic stagnation. It is unfortunate that some major crises have diverted the attention of the government and people away from other major issues. The water […]
Read more »Regional Implications Of The Indus Basin Water Tension
January 15th, 2013
Via Pakistan’s Express Tribune, an interesting report on “Pakistan’s stance is simply that it just doesn’t trust India regarding the water issue,†said Feisal Naqvi. He was speaking about the Indus Water Treaty, signed in 1960, at a roundtable, Indus Water Treaty, Trans-boundary Water Issues and Prospects of Peace in South Asia, at the Forman […]
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