A water pact between India and Pakistan has been steadily since 1960. She has defied several diplomatic crises and two wars. But the shooting at Indian tourists Førre Veke has caused India to pause the deal. It worsens a very demanding diplomatic situation – between two nuclear weapons. Penalties each other previous week became 26 tourists killed and 17 wounds when armed men fired shots in the Indian part of Kashmir. The Kashmir Resistance group has been responsible for the attack. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi calls the group terrorists and has promised to “identify, track and punish the remaining terrorist and supporters.” Since the attack, India has introduced a number of penalties against Pakistan. What is most important is a pause in a water deal between India and Pakistan. It announced the Indian Foreign Ministry in a press release. In addition, Pakistanis in India have lost their visa and been given a deadline for Tuesday to get out of the country. Pakistan has also responded with the same coin and orders indoors out of the country. Pakistan has stopped all trade with India, also through third countries. The last week there are also great protests against India and the Indian Prime Minister. In Pakistan, there were great protests after India announced that they suspend induspeds, here in the largest city in Pakistan, Karachi. Photo: Akhtar Soomro / Reuters / NTB The military in India also says that shots have been exchanged between Pakistan and India the last four nights in the border area. An escalation between India and Pakistan always comes in line with a fear of nuclear war. Both countries have nuclear weapons. Nevertheless, Professor of South Asia Study at the University of Oslo, Arild Engelsen Ruud, does not believe that one should fear nuclear war now. Arild Engelsen Ruud is in Professor of South Asia Study at the University of Oslo. Photo: Olaf Christensen – there is no danger of a nuclear war, but that there can be a hit, that it can be a war, it should not be seen, he says. It is, on the other hand, that India has suspended the covenant to divide the water from the Induselva as the most trouble. Water as a weapon Induselva is the main artery in Pakistani agriculture. It is the source of one -third of Pakistan’s hydropower, according to the BBC. In addition, it is an important source of fishing and provides income for many people along the entire river network. Indus is an important network of rivers and part of the day -to -day life of many. PHOTO: TAUREEF MUSTAFA / AFP / NTB Pakistan has secured a prejudicial access to this river through a covenant with India completely since 1960, even in times when the land has been in war. The agreement is obliged to share hydrological data with Pakistan that is decisive for fleet warning and for planning irrigation, hydropower and drinking water. But when India has suspended the agreement, they can in theory control how much water that will flow into Pakistan. – It is one of the dangerous and unfortunate developments here because the water agreement is so decisive for Pakistan in every way. It is about the national gross domestic product, this, says Ruud. Pakistan said that they will count all violations of the covenant for war actions. In an attempt to soften up the tense relationship between India and Pakistan, they have introduced a peaceful show on the border gate between the two countries. Photo: Narinder Nanu / AFP / NTB The river starts in Tibet and runs through Kashmir and then spread out in both India and Pakistan as a large network of rivers. The covenant clears that India is entitled to 30 percent of the water in the river, Pakistan has 70 percent, according to a report from the Verdbank. The Kashmir area has been a source of conflict between India and Pakistan for several decades. Parts of Kashmir are also in China. Energy Minister in Pakistan, Sardar Awais Ahmed Khan Leghari, calls India’s decision to pause the agreement for “childhood, illegal and stupid” according to the Pakistani state -owned broadcaster, PTV. Far left to go English Ruud, however, is in doubt whether India has the infrastructure to actually do great damage to Pakistan in this way. – There are insane amounts of water. After all, India does not have anything to store so much water. What should they do with it, then? Put it on bottles and sell it cheap? Along the entire Indus, many hydropower plants are crucial to the power supply for Pakistan. Here is one power plant in Kashmir. Photo: Shahzaib Afzal / AP / NTB He points out that India can build large dams to hold back the water and they can produce electricity and sell it to India in the city of Pakistan. – But this is a great job. It’s going to take ten years to get something like that in place, he says. Published 28.04.2025, at. 19.51
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