India is considering plans to dramatically increase the water it draws from a major river that feeds Pakistani farms downstream, as part of retaliatory action for a deadly April attack on tourists ...

The treaty had survived three wars and other conflicts between the bitter rivals, while withstanding many twists and turns in diplomatic ties.

The Indus supplies 80% of Pakistan’s agricultural water, and the supply is already insufficient, with disastrous salination of the lower reaches of the river as the sea creeps into the areas ...

Indus River depth: The issue related to the Indus River has prominently overshadowed the tension between India and Pakistan. But do you know where this river, which flows through India ...

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has hit back at Pakistan for claiming China could choke the flow of the Brahmaputra ...

Pakistan denied any role in the assault, warning it would consider any effort to interrupt the river’s flow as an act of war. Q1: What is the Indus Waters Treaty, and why does it matter? A1: The IWT ...

The Indus River Basin in Pakistan, composed of a stunning series of wetlands and lakes, supports a huge variety of wildlife. It is also vitally important for the people of Pakistan as it provides ...

The importance of the Indus to Pakistan is difficult to overstate: without the sediment-rich silt-laden waters of the Indus river, much of Punjab and particularly the Sindh province, being rain ...

It governs sharing of the water supply from the Indus River system and its tributaries. Under the treaty, India has control over the eastern rivers of Ravi, Sutlej and Beas, and Pakistan controls ...

But Borisov claims the ancient rivers could also correspond to the Nile (Gihon), Euphrates, Tigris, and the Indus River (Pishon). “By examining a map from around 500 BC, it becomes apparent that ...

Exclusive-India Weighs Plan to Slash Pakistan Water Supply With New Indus River Project By Sarita Chaganti Singh, Krishna N. Das, Aftab Ahmed, Charlotte Greenfield, Ariba Shahid NEW DELHI ...

The nuclear-armed neighbours disagree over 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 Indus Waters ...