India, April 27 -- Does placing the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) in abeyance bite?

To answer this, let's go back to when Pakistan was born and Kashmir was torn apart. The Indus River System, which flows from India to Pakistan, did not pause for partition, although a standstill agreement maintained the pre-Partition water allocation. In October 1947, Pakistan-backed rebels attacked Kashmir. So, on April 1, 1948, when the standstill agreement expired, India flexed its hydrological muscles by turning off the tap. As a result, 5.5% of west Pakistan's agricultural land dried up before sowing, and Lahore lost its main municipal water source. Pakistan had to pay for any water it received through the Indus River system. A ceasefire agreement follow...