Politics of convenience prevailed as estranged allies in the coalition agreed to shelve the contentious canal issue. The proposed construction of six water canals on River Indus had almost torpedoed smooth sailing at the federal government; and Sindh was up in arms, unrelenting to compromise as a lower riparian entity.

The somersault incidentally came hours after India unilaterally held in abeyance the 1960 Indus Water Treaty, providing a face-saving to the warring allies as a consolation to patch up politically. The........

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