Pakistan’s latest attempt to internationalise the Indus Waters issue through a conference in Brussels, the capital city of Belgium has exposed the glaring contradiction at the heart of its diplomacy. Water justice after all rests on trust but Pakistan sponsored terrorism has destroyed it. The conference, titled ‘Transboundary Water Resources: A Weaponised Global Common’ is jointly being organised by the Centre for European Policy Studies and Pakistan’s Embassy to the European Union. Pakistan tries to portray itself as a victim of changing geopolitical realities and an advocate of international law before diplomats, legal experts and climate specialists who are set to discuss the Indus basin.

Before asking the world to defend its rights over shared waters, Pakistan must answer a pressing question that how can it demand unconditional cooperation from its neighbour, when it is involved in exporting violence from across the border. The Indus Water Treaty has stood as an extraordinary example of restraint and maturity for over sixty years. The Treaty which was signed in 1960, survived wars in 1965, 1971 and 1999. Despite numerous terrorist........

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