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Pakistan & India: Increased Water Tension
January 2nd, 2010
Via Socyberty, a report on the water resource challenges facing Pakistan, and the increasing pressure these constraints are placing on the India-Pakistani relationship & the long-established Indus Water Treaty. As the article notes: “…Pakistan water resources are distinctive and limited. During the last few years due to scanty rains in Balochistan, lower Punjab and Sindh […]
Read more »India: Starting A Water Fight?
December 19th, 2009
Via Newsweek, a report that India may be positioning itself to gain control over two Afghan rivers . As the article notes: “…Washington has lately become concerned that Pakistan is dragging its feet in the fight against the Taliban because it sees the Islamists as a check on its archrival, India, whose influence in Afghanistan […]
Read more »Water Pressure On Pakistan
August 27th, 2009
Via Reuters, a pessimistic report that Pakistan is running out of water so fast that the shortage will strangulate all water-based economic activity in the country by 2015. This looming water pressure – in a politically dynamic state such as Pakistan with a neighbor (India) drawing from the same water source – is ominous. As […]
Read more »Water Tension: Kashmir’s Role In Water Conflict Between India and Pakistan
July 29th, 2009
Courtesy of Good Magazine, a report on the question & role of Kashmir in the growing water tension between India and Pakistan. As the article notes: Victory in Afghanistan, the Obama administration has decided, will require stability in Pakistan. Seeking help in the fight against militants along the Afghanistan border, Washington has sought to de-escalate […]
Read more »India & Pakistan: On (Water’s) Edge
July 29th, 2009
Via Good Magazine, a detailed look at the Indus Waters Treaty and new threats to its stability in light of the region’s emerging water crisis. As the article notes: “…Halfway between Islamabad and Peshawar, the Indus River dips beneath the smooth six-lane blacktop of Pakistan’s National Highway. One day last month, I stood on the […]
Read more »Water & Food Security in South Asia
July 28th, 2009
Via Columbia’s Earth Institute, a detailed look at the Indian state of Punjab which is in deep (water) trouble, trouble that could impact food & water security throughout South Asia. As the article notes: “…located in the northwest part of the country, is known as the breadbasket of India. Punjab produces 20% of the nation’s […]
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