{"id":191400,"date":"2025-12-29T18:48:53","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T13:48:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/?p=191400"},"modified":"2025-12-29T18:55:45","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T13:55:45","slug":"sherry-condemns-indias-water-weaponisation-plans-amid-hydropower-projects-on-chenab-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2025\/12\/29\/sherry-condemns-indias-water-weaponisation-plans-amid-hydropower-projects-on-chenab-river.html","title":{"rendered":"Sherry condemns India’s water weaponisation plans amid hydropower projects on Chenab River"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Islamabad: Pakistan Peoples Party Senator Sherry Rehman has warned that weaponisation of water is neither sane nor acceptable in a region after it emerged that India has given approval to the Dulhasti Stage-II hydropower project on Chenab River in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK).<\/p>\n

According to Kashmir Media Service, calling it a \u201cflagrant violation of the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT),\u201d she highlighted: \u201cAs per the IWT, which cannot be unilaterally revoked, as recent UN rapporteurs have confirmed, Pakistan has control over the waters of the Indus, Jhelum, and Chenab rivers, while the Ravi, Beas and Sutlej rivers fall under India\u2019s control\u201d.<\/p>\n

Sherry Rehman said following the illegal suspension of the treaty, India has decided to fast-track several disputed hydroelectric projects in the Indus Basin. These projects include Sawalkot, Ratle, Bursar, Pakal Dul, Kwar, Kiru, and Kirthai-1 and 2. Dulhasti Stage-II is considered part of this strategy.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis weaponisation of water is neither sane nor acceptable in a region on the frontlines of climate change and environmental stress. It will inflame tensions in a bilateral relationship already bristling with hostility and distrust,\u201d she concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Islamabad: Pakistan Peoples Party Senator Sherry Rehman has warned that weaponisation of water is neither sane nor acceptable in a region after it emerged that India has given approval to the Dulhasti Stage-II hydropower project on Chenab River in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK). According to Kashmir Media Service, calling it a \u201cflagrant …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":186658,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-191400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t