Pakistan, June 26 -- The suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty is not merely a political manoeuvre - it is the suspension of a fragile thread of humanity that has, against all odds, endured between two nations that once shared a singular heartbeat for millennia. Long before borders, we were one civilisation - its rivers our lifelines, its soil soaked not just in monsoon rains, but in shared memory and sacrifice.

No matter how bitter the conflict, we must never suspend dialogue. To do so is to abandon the very premise of peace. War, once unleashed, does not distinguish between the innocent and the guilty. It does not seek justice; it seeks annihilation. Our ancestors forged charters with their blood, not for conquest, but so

that their chi...