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PAKISTAN-INDIA WATER ISSUES – HOW INDIA STOPPED WATER IN PAKISTAN's CANALS IN 1948
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After partition in 1947, the water system was also bifurcated between Pakistan n India.
India cheated Pakistan when on April 1, 1948, India suddenly n without warning stopped...
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After partition in 1947, the water system was also bifurcated between Pakistan n India.
India cheated Pakistan when on April 1, 1948, India suddenly n without warning stopped...
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...the supply of waters flowing into Pakistan's Central Bari Doab and Dipalpur Canals.
The boundary award on the partition of the sub-continent had left the headworks of these canals in Indian territory, and in accepting it India had implied her willingness to leave...
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The boundary award on the partition of the sub-continent had left the headworks of these canals in Indian territory, and in accepting it India had implied her willingness to leave...
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...the historic distribution of common waters undisturbed.
India's action was therefore in flagrant disregard not only of international law n morality, but of her solemn commitments with Pakistan and a gross violation of this country's historical rights over common waters.
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India's action was therefore in flagrant disregard not only of international law n morality, but of her solemn commitments with Pakistan and a gross violation of this country's historical rights over common waters.
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