Pakistan accuses India of disrupting river flows


Pakistan has said any attempt to stop or divert the flow of water into the country would be considered an “act of war”. - Photo: AFP

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Friday (Dec 19) said it had detected "abrupt variations" of water flows on a river crucial to its farmers, accusing neighbouring India of releasing water without warning in defiance of a major treaty that New Delhi suspended this year.

India in April announced it was suspending the Indus Water Treaty in the lead up to armed conflict between the nuclear-armed neighbours and following a deadly militant attack in India-administered Kashmir that New Delhi blamed on Pakistan, which denied involvement.

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