After selectively getting Hindu tourists killed by its jihadi henchmen in Pahalgam and supporting terrorism, Pakistan may now be in agony and making empty threats after India’s announcement of suspending the Indus Waters Treaty, but it should remember history and how it had pleaded for the treaty.

Ayub Khan was aware of the poor condition of Pakistan. He said that there was only one choice for Pakistan: to reach an agreement on the Indus water sharing issue at any cost, because Pakistan could not tolerate the absence of a treaty, even if it was not to its liking and was second-grade.

When negotiations were going on between India and Pakistan for the Indus water sharing under the mediation of the World Bank, Ayub Khan took charge of the talks from Pakistan’s side because his technical team was adamant on many issues and was not agreeing with India. But Ayub........

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