{"id":47245,"date":"2025-06-05T07:14:40","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T07:14:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/?p=47245"},"modified":"2025-06-05T07:14:40","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T07:14:40","slug":"water-crisis-and-indus-waters-treaty-seminar-at-comstech-highlights-grave-regional-and-global-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/water-crisis-and-indus-waters-treaty-seminar-at-comstech-highlights-grave-regional-and-global-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"Water Crisis and Indus Waters Treaty &#8211; Seminar at COMSTECH Highlights Grave Regional and Global Concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-47247\" src=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/COMSTECH-Water-Crisis-e1749107528200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"319\" \/>ISLAMABAD: 04 June 2025 &#8211; In response to India\u2019s unilateral suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), a high-profile seminar titled \u201cWater Crisis and the Indus Waters Treaty\u201d was held today at the COMSTECH Auditorium in Islamabad.<\/p>\n<p>Organized jointly by OIC-COMSTECH, Karachi Council on Foreign Relations (KCFR), Hisaar Foundation, and the Panjwani-Hisaar Water Institute (PHWI), the event brought together thought leaders, legal experts, and policymakers to examine the implications of India\u2019s actions and assess the future of international water treaties.<\/p>\n<p>Opening the seminar, Nadira Panjwani, Chairperson KCFR, outlined the historical relevance of the 65-year-old treaty and warned of the potentially destabilizing consequences of its suspension.<\/p>\n<p>Zohair Ashir, Member of the Board of Governors, Hisaar Foundation, and Executive Board Member, PHWI, emphasized the seminar\u2019s significance amid rising tensions between two nuclear-armed neighbors, and the urgent need for measured, strategic response.<\/p>\n<p>In her address, Simi Kamal, Founder and Chairperson of the Hisaar Foundation and co-founder of PHWI, presented a hydrological analysis of the treaty. She stressed the importance of integrated, evidence-based approaches to managing Pakistan\u2019s water crisis, especially in the face of upstream interventions and climate change.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"MyL2QREGeF\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/adoption-of-the-dushanbe-declaration-and-the-dushanbe-appeal-call-for-action-on-conservation-of-the-cryosphere-glaciers-are-major-outcomes-of-conference-in-tajikistan\/\">Adoption of the Dushanbe Declaration and the Dushanbe Appeal: Call for Action on Conservation of the Cryosphere &#038; Glaciers are Major Outcomes of  Conference in Tajikistan<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Adoption of the Dushanbe Declaration and the Dushanbe Appeal: Call for Action on Conservation of the Cryosphere &#038; Glaciers are Major Outcomes of  Conference in Tajikistan&#8221; &#8212; Pakistan In the World\" src=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/adoption-of-the-dushanbe-declaration-and-the-dushanbe-appeal-call-for-action-on-conservation-of-the-cryosphere-glaciers-are-major-outcomes-of-conference-in-tajikistan\/embed\/#?secret=Pk9Jby94NZ#?secret=MyL2QREGeF\" data-secret=\"MyL2QREGeF\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Environmental legal expert Rafay Alam delved into the legal dimensions of the IWT, underlining Pakistan\u2019s rights under international law and its potential recourse through the International Court of Justice.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing the broader geopolitical implications, Senator Mushahid Hussain Syed called the suspension a blow to regional diplomacy, warning it could damage India\u2019s global reputation and further strain its relations with China. He termed the weaponization of water as a crime against humanity.<\/p>\n<p>Climate expert Ali Tauqeer Sheikh discussed the compounded risks of climate change in the wake of the treaty&#8217;s suspension and called for a national water strategy to address Pakistan\u2019s growing vulnerability.<\/p>\n<p>Renowned defence analyst Ikram Sehgal linked India\u2019s aggressive posture to a broader pattern of hostility, warning that water could become the new battleground if diplomatic solutions fail.<\/p>\n<p>In his concluding remarks, Dr. Iqbal Choudhary, Coordinator General, OIC-COMSTECH, summarized the seminar\u2019s deliberations and emphasized the need for Pakistan to pursue all available diplomatic, legal, and multilateral channels to safeguard its water interests.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"u5FaVZDmaQ\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/pakistan-glaciers-preservation-conference-dushanbe-pm-shehbaz-emphasizes-on-global-climate-action-appreciates-tajik-initiatives-assures-contributory-role-to-the-world-community\/\">Pakistan @ Glaciers Preservation Conference Dushanbe ! 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Organized jointly by OIC-COMSTECH, Karachi Council on Foreign Relations (KCFR), Hisaar Foundation, and the Panjwani-Hisaar Water Institute (PHWI), [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":47247,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[91],"tags":[1824,543,2002,5740,52],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47245"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47245"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47245\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47249,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47245\/revisions\/47249"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}