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TOGETHER with the Kashmir dispute, India’s unilateral suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty has become the biggest source of bilateral friction in the subcontinent.
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suspension → become → subcontinent
In a controversial move, New Delhi held the decades-old agreement ‘in abeyance’ in 2025 after the Pahalgam episode.
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Delhi → hold → episode
But as Pakistan’s senior leadership has highlighted, Indian brinkmanship in this regard may set a negative precedent globally, while also planting the seeds of a new conflict in South Asia.
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brinkmanship → highlight → Asia
Speaking at an event in Islamabad the other day, Information Minister Atta Tarar said that India’s unilateral action vis-à-vis the IWT could threaten global water governance.
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action → speak → governance
He termed New Delhi’s moves “morally bankrupt and devoid of ethics”.
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He → term → ethics
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif had raised the issue earlier, when he addressed the UN General Assembly last week.
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he → raise → Assembly
He did not mince his words when he said that diverting Pakistan’s water would amount to an “act of war”.
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diverting → mince → war
The Indus and its tributaries are Pakistan’s lifeline, and the country cannot allow India to blackmail it using these precious waters.
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India → allow → waters
India has ruled out restoring the treaty until Pakistan acts against ‘cross-border terrorism’.
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Pakistan → rule → terrorism
This is a weak alibi being deployed to take what belongs to Pakistan.
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what → deploy → Pakistan
New Delhi has remained adamant despite the ruling by the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague in August that the IWT could not be unilaterally suspended.
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IWT → remain → August
India has brushed aside the court’s decision.
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India → brush → decision
Along with the key issue of water rights, the larger question is what sort of precedent India wants to set.
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India → want → precedent
Its leaders speak of multilateralism and the global ‘rules-based order’.
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leaders → speak → multilateralism
Yet in practice, when they scupper bilateral treaties and refuse to recognise decisions by respected arbitrators, the Indians in fact promote the law of the jungle.
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Indians → scupper → jungle
Pakistan must continue to pursue its legitimate rights with regard to the Indus waters.
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Pakistan → continue → waters
It must also point out the double standards India adheres to — claiming to uphold global norms, yet trampling on international law.
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India → point → law
If the IWT dispute is left to fester, or worse, if India takes further steps to cut off Pakistan’s share of water, a new conflict in South Asia is quite possible.
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conflict → leave → Asia
In order to avoid such a grim scenario, saner elements in India must work towards restoring the IWT, and addressing all other outstanding issues in a civilised manner.
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elements → avoid → manner
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