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Why India and Pakistan Are Squaring Off Over Their Rivers
April 17th, 2012
Courtesy of Time, a look at the water tensions between India and Pakistan: India’s Wular Lake, a popular picnic and tourist spot nestled in the Kashmir Valley, is an unlikely site for conflict. But India’s plan to build a structure on the Jhelum River at the mouth of the lake that will allow it to […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: India And Pakistan Move To Avert Water Wars
April 9th, 2012
Via Pakistan’s The International News, a report of Indian and Pakistani support of a new mechanism to avoid water issues. As the article notes: Pakistan and India have agreed in principle of a need to set up an independent office of the Indus Water Commission (IWC) comprising neutral experts from outside the South Asian region […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: India And Pakistan To Go To War over Water?
April 7th, 2012
Via Oil Price.com, an article on the water tensions between India and Pakistan: A peaceful and stable Pakistan is integral to western efforts to pacify Afghanistan, but Islamabad’s obsessions with its giant eastern neighbor may render such issues moot. Since partition in 1947, Pakistan and India have fought four armed conflicts, in 1947, 1965, 1971 […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: India and Pakistan Resume Talks To Resolve Water Dispute
March 29th, 2012
Via NewsTrack India, a report on ongoing discussions between India and Pakistan over India’s plan to build a dam on River Jhelum, on its side of Kashmir. As the article notes: A 13-member delegation from Pakistan led by Water and Power Secretary; Imtiaz Kazi, resumed secretary level talks with Indian counterparts in New Delhi on […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: Pakistan Gears Up For A New Water Fight With India
March 23rd, 2012
Via China Dialogue, a report that Pakistan is gearing up for a new water fight with India, over a dam funded by international efforts to tackle global warming. As the article notes: The never-ending war over water resources between India and Pakistan has taken a new twist. Pakistan has registered its resentment against the United […]
Read more »The Politics of Water Security in the Kabul River Basin
March 22nd, 2012
Via Future Directions, a look at the politics of water security in the Kabul River basin: Key Points The simmering water conflict between Afghanisation and Pakistan is rarely noted Water shortage and mismanagement in this region contributes to geopolitical upheaval Afghanistan and Pakistan should seek formalised bi-lateral cooperation for technical information exchanges, flow monitoring, and […]
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