Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 07:45am on 05 Sep 2025,Friday India Global
Pakistan accuses India of "weaponising water" amid catastrophic monsoon floods killing 884 people nationally, with Federal Minister Ahsan Iqbal claiming deliberate dam releases caused Punjab flooding. However, water experts dismiss these allegations as "oversimplification," noting India's own severe flooding with 100+ deaths. King's College professor Daanish Mustafa explains India would flood itself before Pakistan due to geography. The crisis intensified after India withdrew from the six-decade Indus Waters Treaty following the Pahalgam attack. Climate change and obsolete dam infrastructure compound the problem, with melting glaciers and intense monsoons exceeding designed capacities. Former Pakistani IWT representative Shiraz Memon calls flood accusations against India "natural phenomenon," urging focus on climate adaptation over political blame-shifting between nuclear neighbors. (PC: Al Jazeera)
