‘Severe water shortages’: Pakistan faces ‘acute risk’ after India’s IWT suspension – report

AI-generated image used for representation Pakistan, heavily dependent on the waters of the Indus basin, faces a acute risk of insufficient water storage after India suspended the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) earlier this year, according to the Ecological Threat Report 2025.The report, released by the Institute for Economics and Peace, a Sydney-based independent and non-profit […]

Twin challenge? After India, Afghanistan may restrict river water supply to Pakistan; Taliban to construct dam

After India, Taliban-ruled Afghanistan is now taking aim at Pakistan’s water supply. The Taliban government has ordered the rapid construction of a dam on the Kunar River, Russian news outlet RT reported.This move comes amid escalating military tensions between the two neighbours along the Durand Line, the 2,640km (1,600-mile) international border separating Afghanistan and Pakistan.According […]

Owaisi accuses PM Modi of ‘insulting armed forces’ with cricket comparison | Cricket News

Asaduddin Owaisi and PM Narendra Modi (PTI) AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi questioned India’s decision to play cricket with Pakistan in the Asia Cup despite suspended diplomatic ties following terrorist activities, including the Pahalgam massacre. Speaking at a rally in Ichalkaranji, Maharashtra on Monday, Owaisi criticized the government’s stance while clarifying he had no issues with […]

‘Osama Bin Laden in a suit’: Ex-US official Michael Rubin slams Pakistan army chief Asim Munir; calls Donald Trump’s India stance ‘wrong’

Ex-Pentagon official Michael Rubin (ANI) Former Pentagon official Michael Rubin has launched a blistering attack on Pakistan’s army chief General Asim Munir, who has met US President Donald Trump twice in the past two months and made a series of anti-India remarks. Rubin described Munir as “Osama bin Laden in a suit” and accused Pakistan […]

After over 40 years, India issues tender for Sawalkote project as Indus treaty remains in abeyance | India News

SRINAGAR: India, taking advantage of its keeping in abeyance the Indus Waters Treaty with Pakistan, floated on Wednesday international tenders for construction of the Sawalkote Hydroelectric Project on the Chenab river a little over 40 years after it was conceived.The project, designated by govt as one of national importance, had suffered long delays due to […]

‘A water bomb’: Pakistan Senator Syed Ali Zafar explains impact of India suspending Indus pact

NEW DELHI: Pakistani senator Syed Ali Zafar has urged the Shahbaz Sharif-led government to “defuse” the “water bomb” dropped by India when it suspended the Indus Waters Treaty following the April 22 terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam.While addressing the Senate, the senator from opposition party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) highlighted that one out of […]

Pakistan envoy’s nuclear threat to India amid tensions over Pahalgam attack

Pakistan will use the “full spectrum of power, both conventional and nuclear” in response to any Indian military action or interference with its water supply, its ambassador to Russia, Muhammad Khalid Jamali said. His comments come amid spiralling tensions between the two nuclear-armed neighbours following the April 22 terrorist attack in J&K’s Pahalgam that killed […]

‘130 missiles kept for India’: Pakistan minister’s open threat as tension escalates over Pahalgam attack

Pakistani minister Hanif Abbasi (Screengrab from Pakistani news channel’s X video) In an ongoing tension between India and Pakistan after the Pahalgam attack, Islamabad minister Hanif Abbasi openly threatened New Delhi with nuclear retaliation and said that 130 missiles, including Shaheen, and Ghaznavi, were kept for India. “Those Shaheen (missiles), Ghaznavi (missiles), which we have […]

India’s sudden Jhelum water release sparks panic in PoK

ISLAMABAD: A sudden surge in the Jhelum river’s water level has thrown Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) into chaos, as India, local authorities claimed, released water from the Uri Dam without prior warning on Saturday.The abrupt discharge triggered a water emergency in PoK’s Hattian Bala district, forcing residents along the riverbanks to flee to safer ground.The move […]

‘They’ll figure it out one way or another’: Donald Trump on India-Pakistan tensions after Pahalgam terror attack

US President Donald Trump on Friday (local time) amid heightened tensions between India and Pakistan following the deadly Pahalgam terror attacks said that the two nations will resolve the situation between themselves “one way or the other”. Speaking aboard Air Force One en route to Rome, Donald Trump downplayed the escalation and referred to the […]