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Challenges to Indus Waters Treaty and Options for Pakistan

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  • Muhammad Nawaz Bhatti

    (Associate Professor, Department of Politics & International Relations,University of Sargodha, Punjab, Pakistan)

  • Ghulam Mustafa

    (Assistant Professor,Political Science & International Relations,Government College University Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.)

  • Muhammad Waris

    (Assistant Professor,History and Pakistan Studies,Government College University Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.)

Abstract

The Indus water treaty was signed on 19th September 1960 by India and Pakistan under the aegis of the World Bank. Bilateral principles regarding water apportionment between both states were ensured by the Treaty. As a result, waters of the eastern rivers; Sutlej, Beas and Ravi, were assigned exclusively to India, while Pakistan received exclusive water rights of the western rivers; the Indus, Jhelum and Chenab but India is allowed to irrigate some specific land in Indian occupied Jammu and Kashmir and to generate hydroelectric power through run-off-the river projects. Following the Uri incident, the Indian government and media are generating ideas to discard the Indus water treaty. This paper focuses on legal and international implications if India attempts to unilaterally revoke the Treaty.

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  • Muhammad Nawaz Bhatti & Ghulam Mustafa & Muhammad Waris, 2019. "Challenges to Indus Waters Treaty and Options for Pakistan," Global Regional Review, Humanity Only, vol. 4(4), pages 249-255, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:aaw:grrjrn:v:4:y:2019:i:4:p:249-255
    DOI: 10.31703/grr.2019(IV-IV).27
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    Keywords

    Indus Waters Treaty; Challenges; India; Pakistan; Options for Pakistan.;
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    • R00 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General - - - General
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