Claim
India is no longer informing Pakistan about the release or stoppage of water, and is not sharing data on river flow fluctuations or water release timings.
“पानी छोड़ने रोकने की जानकारी पाकिस्तान को नहीं दी जा रही। नदी के प्रवाह में उतार-चढ़ाव के बारे में सूचना साझा नहीं हो रही। भारत कब पानी छोड़ रहा है इसकी जानकारी भी पाकिस्तान को नहीं मिल रही।”▶ Watch source segment
Rationale
After the April 2025 Pahalgam attack, India placed the Indus Waters Treaty in abeyance and suspended routine sharing of hydrological data — flood warnings, river-flow figures, and information on water release/stoppage timings. Pakistani officials publicly complained of unanswered correspondence and unexplained Chenab/Jhelum fluctuations, and the suspension remained in force through late June 2026, just before the 1 July 2026 broadcast. The anchor's claim that India is no longer informing Pakistan about water release/stoppage or sharing river-flow fluctuation data accurately describes this documented reality.
Evidence
- https://www.npr.org/2025/07/08/g-s1-73122/pakistan-india-indus-waters-treaty Reports that after India held the Indus Waters Treaty in abeyance (April 2025), India can and did halt the flow of hydrological information to Pakistan, described as India's most powerful current lever. ✓ reachable · archived
- https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2025/7/9/can-india-stop-pakistans-river-water-and-will-it-spark-a-new States that shortly after the April 2025 abeyance declaration, India suspended the regular exchange of hydrological data such as flood warnings, river flow, and glacier-melt information. ✓ reachable · archived
- https://www.dawn.com/news/2011838 Pakistan's Indus commissioner says he wrote to his Indian counterpart four times over abrupt Chenab river-flow fluctuations but received no reply, confirming India is not sharing flow-fluctuation information. ✓ reachable · archived
- https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/22/india-pakistan-indus-waters-treaty-water-dispute-water-war-risk.html Confirms that as of June 2026 (days before the broadcast) the treaty remained in abeyance and Pakistan observed unexplained abrupt variations in Chenab and Jhelum flows, indicating continued non-communication. ✗ unreachable · HTTP 404