Jammu, April 24 -- In a decisive shift, India has asserted its right to suspend the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) with Pakistan following the brutal terrorist attack in Pahalgam. The move comes despite objections from the Pakistani leadership and marks a significant escalation in India's response to cross-border terrorism.
This is not the first time India has considered reviewing the IWT. The possibility was first floated in the aftermath of the December 13, 2001 attack on the Indian Parliament, carried out by Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists. At the time, the late Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's government had raised the prospect of scrapping the treaty.
Now, nearly 24 years later, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken a step that pre...