Pakistan Faces Water Crisis After Indus Treaty Suspension by India—Sharif Announces Emergency Measures
Amid growing geopolitical tensions, Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif announced urgent measures to increase the country’s water storage capacity following India’s suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) in April. The move comes as Islamabad grapples with the escalating water crisis and what it calls New Delhi’s “weaponisation” of water. India Suspends Indus Waters Treaty Over Terror Links India’s historic decision to halt the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty followed the April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam, attributed to Lashkar-e-Taiba, a Pakistan-based terror group. In response, [...]