Author name: Shafqat Kakakhel

The Indus River Basin Saga: The Need for Reinvigorating the Indus Waters Treaty

Abstract (Pakistan’s water-related issues have domestic and external dimensions that must be tackled simultaneously. The country’s first ever National Water Policy (April 2018) and the National Security Policy of Pakistan (2022-26) recognized the urgency of addressing both the domestic and external features of our water worries. The National Security Policy declared that unhindered access to […]

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The Indus Waters Treaty: Negotiation, Implementation, New Challenges, and Future Prospects

By Shafqat Kakakhel[1] Abstract (This paper seeks to probe the genesis of the water dispute between India and Pakistan, focusing on post-partition developments, the nearly decade-long negotiations brokered by the World Bank, culminating in the signing of the Indus Waters Treaty in September 1960 and to review the implementation of the Treaty. It refers to

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