Pakistan’s formal position is unambiguous: the Indus Waters Treaty remains legally binding, its obligations are not subject to unilateral modification, and India’s 2023 notice of intent to renegotiate has no standing under international law. That position has substantial legal backing. IWT contains no provision permitting unilateral withdrawal or modification. Article XII of the treaty specifies […]
weapon
Water as a Weapon: Unravelling of a Treaty the World Once Called a Miracle (Part I)
There is a river that has flowed through the heart of Pakistani Punjab for centuries. Farmers along its banks have measured their seasons by it, calibrated their sowing to it, and built civilisations around the certainty of its arrival. The Chenab is not merely a river to Pakistan. It is a lifeline. And for the […]
How Insurance Became Iran’s Weapon of Choice!
As the war unfolded across the Middle East in late February 2026, chaos erupted in a usually quiet corner in London when the Joint War Committee (JWC), a small group of underwriters and lawyers operating under Lloyd’s, one of the world’s leading specialist insurance and reinsurance markets, dubbed the Strait of Hormuz as a War […]
Water as a Weapon
The tragedy of the subcontinent did not conclude with the lowering of the Union Jack in August 1947; it merely entered a new and turbulent phase. No sooner had Pakistan emerged upon the map of the world than mistrust and hostility clouded its eastern horizon. The first test came almost instantly in the form of […]
Education the strongest weapon against extremism, injustice: Bilawal
Chairman of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has termed education the most powerful force for dignity, equality, and hope and the strongest weapon against poverty, extremism, and injustice. He said that the PPP firmly believes that classrooms, not battlefields, shape destinies, and that books not bullets build nations. The PPP Chairman, in his […]
Water as a Weapon: India’s Hydro-Aggression
Suspension of the Indus Water Treaty (IWT) had been on India’s agenda since 2001, when it first threatened Pakistan to revisit the treaty on the pretext of a terrorist attack on its Parliament House. All these years, India kept finding chances to revisit the treaty, using various excuses ever since. Indian authorities continuously built pressure […]
‘Chinese weapon systems performed well during May conflict with India’
Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry has said that Chinese weapon systems deployed during Pakistan’s four-day military conflict with India in May performed “exceptionally well”. During the conflict, Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar reportedly said the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) used Chinese J-10C jets in its response to India’s May […]
State sponsored killings?
Sir: It is coming to our notice frequently that the police cops are using their weapon to innocent people just because they are not trained that how to handle the situation on ground. Recently, a big example of 19-month-old child Ahsan is killed by a police cop in Gulistan-e-Johar. This is not happened first time […]