Open AccessIndus Water Treaty: Challenges and Prospects
Author(s) -
Ali Sonboli,
Amir Ahmed Khuhro
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
perennial journal of history
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2788-693X
pISSN - 2707-6709
DOI - 10.52700/pjh.v2i2.67
Subject(s) - indus , treaty , riparian zone , water scarcity , scope (computer science) , water resources , politics , political science , natural resource economics , environmental planning , water resource management , business , environmental protection , geography , environmental science , law , economics , ecology , structural basin , geology , paleontology , habitat , computer science , biology , programming language
The growing water scarcity in India and Pakistan and emerging climatic and environmental changes to the Indus basin rivers system are causing a great stress on smoothing working of Indus water treaty 1960. Pakistan Being a lower riparian, facing the issue as to how to reinterpret the Indus Waters Treaty without giving up its water rights. The paper discusses that following the inbuilt constraints of a lower riparian, Pakistan need to adopt a multi-pronged strategy following water rationale to secure its water rights within the scope of the treaty. For this; effective implementation and enhancement of Article VI, VII, constructive diplomatic and political strategy,efficient water uses and sustainable water resource management in Indus-Pakistan.