http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/grr.2019(IV-IV).27
10.31703/grr.2019(IV-IV).27
Published : Dec 2019
Challenges to Indus Waters Treaty and Options for Pakistan
The Indus water treaty was signed on 19th September 1960 by India and Pakistan under the aegis of the World Bank. Bilateral principles regarding water apportionment between both states were ensured by the Treaty. As a result, waters of the eastern rivers; Sutlej, Beas and Ravi, were assigned exclusively to India, while Pakistan received exclusive water rights of the western rivers; the Indus, Jhelum and Chenab but India is allowed to irrigate some specific land in Indian occupied Jammu and Kashmir and to generate hydroelectric power through run-off-the river projects. Following the Uri incident, the Indian government and media are generating ideas to discard the Indus water treaty. This paper focuses on legal and international implications if India attempts to unilaterally revoke the Treaty.
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Indus Waters Treaty, Challenges, India, Pakistan, Options for Pakistan.
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(1) Muhammad Nawaz Bhatti
Associate Professor, Department of Politics & International Relations,University of Sargodha, Punjab, Pakistan
(2) Ghulam Mustafa
Assistant Professor,Political Science & International Relations,Government College University Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
(3) Muhammad Waris
Assistant Professor,History and Pakistan Studies,Government College University Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
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APA : Bhatti, M. N., Mustafa, G., & Waris, M. (2019). Challenges to Indus Waters Treaty and Options for Pakistan. Global Regional Review, IV(IV), 249-255. https://doi.org/10.31703/grr.2019(IV-IV).27
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CHICAGO : Bhatti, Muhammad Nawaz, Ghulam Mustafa, and Muhammad Waris. 2019. "Challenges to Indus Waters Treaty and Options for Pakistan." Global Regional Review, IV (IV): 249-255 doi: 10.31703/grr.2019(IV-IV).27
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HARVARD : BHATTI, M. N., MUSTAFA, G. & WARIS, M. 2019. Challenges to Indus Waters Treaty and Options for Pakistan. Global Regional Review, IV, 249-255.
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MHRA : Bhatti, Muhammad Nawaz, Ghulam Mustafa, and Muhammad Waris. 2019. "Challenges to Indus Waters Treaty and Options for Pakistan." Global Regional Review, IV: 249-255
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MLA : Bhatti, Muhammad Nawaz, Ghulam Mustafa, and Muhammad Waris. "Challenges to Indus Waters Treaty and Options for Pakistan." Global Regional Review, IV.IV (2019): 249-255 Print.
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OXFORD : Bhatti, Muhammad Nawaz, Mustafa, Ghulam, and Waris, Muhammad (2019), "Challenges to Indus Waters Treaty and Options for Pakistan", Global Regional Review, IV (IV), 249-255
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TURABIAN : Bhatti, Muhammad Nawaz, Ghulam Mustafa, and Muhammad Waris. "Challenges to Indus Waters Treaty and Options for Pakistan." Global Regional Review IV, no. IV (2019): 249-255. https://doi.org/10.31703/grr.2019(IV-IV).27