Islamabad: A year after holding Indus Water Treaty in abeyance, the first summer, Pakistan is facing the heat of the abeyance. The present Water crisis of Pakistan has drawn global attention, and Pakistan is going on complaining to the global community, but the result is insignificant as no one is interested in Pakistan’s side of the story. Stylum Women's Solid & Embroidered Cotton Tiered Dress
India officially placed the IWT in abeyance on April 23, 2025. Prime Minister Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah have recapped that blood and water cannot flow together, linking the restoration of the treaty directly to Pakistan ending state-sponsored terrorism and the term non-state actor, not acceptable any more.
Despite Pakistan made an appeal to Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA), located at the Peace Palace in The Hague, Netherlands, India, ignored them, as they have got nothing to do with IWT. Pakistan’s effort to approach the UN Security Council and the World Bank, and claiming the suspension a violation of international law. India took a stand the matter is bilateral and no middlemen entertained.
Status of Pakistan water crisis, this summer.
Per capita water availability has plummeted from 5,600 cubic meters in 1956 to below 1,000 cubic meters today (some reports say 800 m³), well below the scarcity threshold.
Without actual hydrological data from India, Pakistan’s Warabandi (rotational water distribution) system has been disrupted. Sudden fluctuations in river flows have led to crop failures in the Punjab and Sindh provinces, making agriculture to diminish by 90%. The Dhaka Alarm: Why a BJP Win in Bengal is Rattling the Neighborhood
Pakistan loses nearly 61% of its water during transit through canals and outdated irrigation systems. Storage capacity remains limited to only 30 days of supply, compared to the global average of 120-900 days and over 60% of Pakistan's irrigation and 70% of its drinking water now depend on this rapidly vanishing resource. Old ties, new crimes: Iltija Mufti under fire for amplifying separatist voices
Pakistan has no solution, no way to go, we just have to wait how long they will take to perish…..