1.4.7. Should the Treaty be Revoked?

♤ Any calls for revoking the treaty needs to be tempered with multiple factors:

♤ Revoking the treaty could be used by the Pakistani side to draw into another limited conflict or further boost its attempts to foment trouble in Kashmir.

♤ Given the China-Pakistan axis, revoking the treaty maybe used to portray India as attempting to arm-twist the lower riparian in the region. Moreover, China can use this as a precedent for refusing to change their current stand of refusing to enter into a water sharing agreement on Brahmaputra river.

♤ The treaty has prevented water conflicts and created incentive for Peace. For over five decades, both India and Pakistan are peacefully sharing the water of Indus and its tributaries, thanks to The Indus Water Treaty. It may be noted that both India and Pakistan are still at loggerheads over various issues since Partition, but there has been no fight over water after the Treaty was ratified.

♤ The treaty has survived India-Pakistan wars of 1965, 1971 and the 1999 Kargil standoff besides Kashmir insurgency since 1990 and is considered as the most successful water treaty in world. Upholding the treaty even under adverse circumstances has added to the international image and India prides itself in being a responsible country