All out war avoided but river water sharing spat keeps India Pakistan tensions on the boil

NEW DELHI – India and Pakistan may have just avoided all-out conflict, but water politics continues to brew as Islamabad prepares to challenge New Delhi’s suspension of a water treaty, which the former considers an “act of war”.

India’s decision to put in abeyance the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) – which Islamabad framed as a move to halt the flow of the Indus river and two of its tributaries into Pakistan – came about 24 hours after a terrorist attack on April 22 killed 26 civilians in Pahalgam, in Indian-held Kashmir.

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