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Islamabad, May 4: In the wake of India’s claims that the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) is ‘in abeyance,’ Pakistan has a strategic opportunity to think creatively, reframe the discourse on the treaty, assert its water rights, and highlight the treaty’s structural flaws at international legal and environmental forums.

This was the consensus at a seminar titled “Indus Waters Treaty ‘in Abeyance’: Implications and Strategic Pathways for Pakistan” held at the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS), Islamabad. The speakers included Dr. Hassan Abbas, a noted water expert; Mirza Hamid Hassan, former federal secretary for water and power; Khalid Rahman, chairman of IPS; Cmdr (R) Azhar Ahman ad, IPS associate; and public policy lawyer Ameena Sohail.

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