'India could use water as weapon': Pak minister as IWT remains in abeyance
Pakistan's minister Ahsan Iqbal warned that India could weaponize the Indus Water Treaty, which has been held in abeyance by New Delhi. He urged for diplomatic solutions to prevent future conflicts over water resources between the two nations.
Why it matters
Water security is a critical geopolitical issue in South Asia, and the potential weaponization of shared river systems poses a significant threat to regional stability.
Pakistan minister Ahsan Iqbal has said India could “weaponise” the Indus Water Treaty (IWT) and expressed hope that “better sense” would prevail to prevent the two neighbours from going to war again, this time over water.He noted that the treaty had remained “untouchable” for almost seven decades since it was signed in 1960, but New Delhi has now been kept in abeyance “unilaterally."“...Indus Water Treaty that has stood the test of time for the last 70 years. India and Pakistan fought several wars, but it (IWT) was considered untouchable because it is an international agreement, and this time around the Indian government has unilaterally held it in abeyance...
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