Naya Kashmir Report
ISLAMABAD: After May-war, India broke long silence and reached out to Pakistan through the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), sharing details on potential flood threats, Diplomatic sources revealed.
The sources in Foreign Office have told that, New Delhi warned Pakistan of a potentially major flood in the Tawi River at Jammu.
The Indian High Commission in Islamabad conveyed the alert, with the communication made on August 24, the sources said.
It was first major contact of its kind since the Pakistan-India May-war despite Indian Modi-led Govermment had threatened the suspension of IWT, the sources revealed.
Following the alert, Pakistani authorities issued warnings based on the information provided by India, they said, adding that in the wake of the killing of 26 people in the Pahalgam area of the Indian occupied Jammu Kashmir on April 22, India then made a rhytoric and held the water treaty with Pakistan in abeyance.
It is worthy to mention here that India like its past practice accuses Pakistan of orchestrating the deadly Pahalgam militant attack, an allegation that Pakistan denies.
Based on these groundless allegations, India waged a war against Pakistan in May, resulting in the heaviest military engagement in decades, before a ceasefire was brokered by the US.
The nuclear-armed neighbours disagree over the use of the water from rivers that flow downstream from India into the Indus River basin in Pakistan.
The use of the water is governed by the IWT, which was mediated by the World Bank and signed by the neighbours in September 1960.
There is no provision in the treaty for either country to unilaterally suspend or terminate the pact, which has clear dispute resolution systems.
The treaty had survived three wars and other conflicts between the two rivals, while withstanding many twists and turns in diplomatic ties.
