The colossal dams on the Indus rivers won't rise overnight. But India now possesses the will, the foreign-exchange reserves, and the engineering talent to realise this vision.
Under Indus Waters Treaty, Pakistan is allowed unrestricted use of water of western rivers Chenab, Indus & Jhelum, while India gets to use water of the three eastern rivers, Sutlej, Ravi and Beas.
Omar is not the first J&K CM to raise concerns over IWT, now put in abeyance by India. His predecessors Farooq Abdullah, Mehbooba Mufti have also voiced similar concerns in the past.
Pakistan’s Senate condemns India’s decision to pause Indus Waters Treaty as an act of war, warning of serious consequences and reaffirming Pakistan’s resolve to defend its sovereignty.
Project involves construction of 6 canals to irrigate desert land, 5 of which will draw water from Indus & 1 from India-controlled Sutlej. Its launch was met with domestic outrage.
India has decided to hold the treaty in abeyance in response to the Pahalgam terror attack. Signed in 1960, the treaty has remained untouched by both countries for over six decades.
In retaliation to India's punitive measures over Pahalgam terror attack, Pakistan also suspended trade with India, including via third countries, and closed airspace to Indian airlines.
After the Pahalgam terror attack, India said the treaty would be kept in abeyance with immediate effect 'until Pakistan credibly & irrevocably abjures its support for cross-border terrorism'.
Denying role in Pahalgam attack, Pakistan Dy PM Ishaq Dar says Indian moves 'deeply inappropriate way to vent frustration', National Security Committee to prepare official response.
Mamdani’s politics feels unusual compared to India’s current climate. He unapologetically foregrounds Muslim identity at a time when doing so in India invites scrutiny.
On 4 November 2025, NCLAT bench, comprising Chairperson Justice Ashok Bhushan and Member Arun Baroka, noted that WhatsApp and Meta are distinct legal entities.
This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.
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