Abstract
Water scarcity in Pakistan is the hall mark. Per-capita water capacity is
dwindling day by day. The agriculture faces bad time due to shortage of water.
The GDP and GNP have badly affected. The shortfall of electricity is not being
controlled as the dams have dried up. The reasons for the water scarcity are that
India has started constructing the run-of-the-river dams on the Rivers which have
allocated to Pakistan. As per the Indus Water Treaty signed in 1960, Pakistan was
allowed to make the exclusive use of the water of Rivers Jhelum, Chenab and
Indus, whereas, the water of Eastern Rivers such as Ravi, Sutlej and Beas could be
used by India exclusively. It is unfortunate that India started construction on the
Rivers of Chenab and Jhelum. Thus Pakistan has lost the share of water which
was due to it. The result is drought, famine and less production of crops. It is
feared that if the same continues Pakistan may one day will have resort to the
import of food despite an agrarian country.
Aziz Ur Rahman, Zahid Mahmood. (2016) Indian Water Hegemony; Hinge on Pakistan-India Relations, Journal of the Research Society of Pakistan, Volume 53, Issue 2.
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