Islamabad warns New Delhi as water tensions persist in the subcontinent.
In addition to the long-standing tensions and military confrontations between the two nuclear-armed South Asian neighbors, their disputes over water and India’s withdrawal from the Joint Water Treaty with Pakistan, known as the IWT, continue.
In early May of this year, the Indian government suspended the Joint Water Treaty in response to an armed attack on tourists in the Pahalgam region of Indian-controlled Kashmir that left 24 dead, accusing Pakistan of involvement in the incident.
Two weeks after this incident, India launched a military attack on Pakistan, and Pakistan responded to the aggression by shooting down several Indian fighter jets and bombing several points in its territory.
Despite the ceasefire between Pakistan and India, the Haqqabah challenge is still seen as a potential threat to the expansion of the current tensions between the two nuclear-armed countries, and in the latest developments, Pakistan once again warned India against any manipulation of the water flow path towards it.
Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Muhammad Ishaq Dar said today (Friday) during a briefing with ambassadors, heads of foreign missions, and international organizations in Islamabad that India continues to build illegal dams in complete disregard of the Joint Water Treaty to impose a “fait accompli.”