Could water become a flashpoint between Islamabad and New Delhi?

The Indus Water Treaty lays retired however the river’s resources are to beryllium shared betwixt India and Pakistan.

Brokered successful 1960, it has survived decades of struggle betwixt the neighbours.

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But recently, the statement was enactment to the trial aft New Delhi suspended its participation.

That came aft an onslaught India said was carried retired by equipped groups linked to Pakistan, which it denied.

This week, Islamabad has said India cannot suspend the statement connected its own.

It says its stock of the Indus River is simply a reddish enactment and has threatened consequences.

So, however could they debar a further escalation?

Presenter: Mohammed Jamjoom

Guests:

Siddharth Varadarajan – Founding exertion of The Wire, an autarkic investigative quality organisation

Michael Kugelman – Senior chap for South Asia astatine the Atlantic Council

Zeeshan Salahuddin – Advisory manager astatine Tabadlab, a deliberation vessel and consultancy connected geopolitics