Pakistan, May 17 -- Following the terror attack on tourists in Pahalgam resulting in more than two dozen deaths, India has, among other things, decided to hold the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) in 'abeyance' till such time it is satisfied that Pakistan has stopped sponsoring terrorism. Pakistan has responded in kind by taking a number of retaliatory steps. Regarding the IWT, it has declared that any disruption of water flowing into Pakistan from the three rivers allocated to it under the treaty would be deemed 'an act of war' and that in such an eventuality it will respond 'with full force across the complete spectrum of national power'. This sudden turn of events raises a number of questions which we propose to address in this piece. First, ...