THE recent disruptions in the Chenab river flow show a clear pattern in which India has repeatedly manipulated its upstream position to exert pressure on Pakistan ever since New Delhi said it would suspend the decades-old water-sharing agreement following April’s Pahalgam attacks in occupied Kashmir. No one should have any doubt: New Delhi is weaponising water, violating not only the Indus Waters Treaty but also international conventions on water-sharing mechanisms between upper and lower riparians.

The abrupt drawdown and refilling of the Baglihar dam, followed by an extraordinary reduction in river flows without prior notice or data sharing, violates the........

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