In 1995, World Bank Vice President Ismail Serageldin warned that whereas the conflicts of the previous 100 years had been over oil, “the wars of the next century will be fought over water.” Thirty ...

Pakistan's agriculture, which is heavily reliant on the Indus basin, is facing severe risks as even minor adjustments in ...

Report warns that Pakistan’s dam capacity can hold only about 30 days of Indus flow and any prolonged cut will be disastrous if not managed.

NEW DELHI/KARACHI (Reuters) -India suspended its participation in the Indus Waters Treaty with Pakistan last month after the killing of 26 civilians in Kashmir, which New Delhi blames on Islamabad.

Fresh global evidence from the Institute for Economics & Peace (IEP) strengthens the case for resolving Indus basin issues strictly under the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), calling for a reversion to the ...

As climate change impacts strengthen and water security becomes a growing concern in both India and Pakistan, India has ...

It is important to expose the truth of how the weaponisation of natural resources — especially water — has unfolded in one of ...

One of the bitter disputes that came out of the violent partition of India and Pakistan was what to do about the Indus River basin, which sprawled across the borders with no regard to politics. The ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Fazlul Haq, The Ohio State University (THE CONVERSATION) In 1995, World Bank Vice ...