Foozee
T20I Debutant
- Joined
- Nov 8, 2006
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It seems that India is choking Pakistan in every way possible. There is no shortage of well-meaning, pro-peace commentators in this country who somehow find hope in the face of brazen provocation. But even they must accept that New Delhi can be most intransigent when it comes to issues that Pakistan rightly sees as a matter of life and death.
True, Pakistan did itself no favours. It nurtured militants who operated on both the western and eastern borders and ultimately turned their guns on the country itself once Islamabad renounced links that only the most ill-informed could ignore. But now India is usurping water supplies that rightfully belong to us under the terms of the 1960 Indus Water Treaty, a move that could deal a body blow to an agrarian economy that is already under severe stress. What’s more, it could be said that India’s decision to go ahead with the Kishanganga hydropower project and four other dams in Indian-administered Kashmir are geared not so much towards meeting its own needs as impoverishing Pakistan.
Under the World Bank-sponsored Indus Waters Treaty, Pakistan enjoys exclusive rights to the volumes generated by the Chenab, Jhelum and Indus rivers. Clearly, India is not abiding by the rules — probably because it sees itself as a power that is somehow above regulations. This attitude has harmed its credentials not only in Pakistan but other Saarc countries as well. In fact, India is seen as a regional bully throughout Saarc. Under the terms of the Indus Waters Treaty, India is required by law to inform Pakistan six months in advance if work is to commence on diverting or stalling waters covered under the 1960 agreement. That did not happen and it is up to the comity of nations to ensure that India’s transgression is stopped dead in its tracks.
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect...per/editorial/14-indias-water-theft-420-zj-08
so much for aman ki asha, when Pakistan is starting to suffer from Water shortage
True, Pakistan did itself no favours. It nurtured militants who operated on both the western and eastern borders and ultimately turned their guns on the country itself once Islamabad renounced links that only the most ill-informed could ignore. But now India is usurping water supplies that rightfully belong to us under the terms of the 1960 Indus Water Treaty, a move that could deal a body blow to an agrarian economy that is already under severe stress. What’s more, it could be said that India’s decision to go ahead with the Kishanganga hydropower project and four other dams in Indian-administered Kashmir are geared not so much towards meeting its own needs as impoverishing Pakistan.
Under the World Bank-sponsored Indus Waters Treaty, Pakistan enjoys exclusive rights to the volumes generated by the Chenab, Jhelum and Indus rivers. Clearly, India is not abiding by the rules — probably because it sees itself as a power that is somehow above regulations. This attitude has harmed its credentials not only in Pakistan but other Saarc countries as well. In fact, India is seen as a regional bully throughout Saarc. Under the terms of the Indus Waters Treaty, India is required by law to inform Pakistan six months in advance if work is to commence on diverting or stalling waters covered under the 1960 agreement. That did not happen and it is up to the comity of nations to ensure that India’s transgression is stopped dead in its tracks.
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect...per/editorial/14-indias-water-theft-420-zj-08
so much for aman ki asha, when Pakistan is starting to suffer from Water shortage
