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2026-07-02 |
Pakistan continues to shelter and pamper Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar on its soil.
Masood Azhar shelter
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| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
Instead of being punished for his provocative statements linked to the Pahalgam attack, Pakistani army chief Asim Munir was honored by being made Field Marshal.
Asim Munir promotion
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2026-07-02 |
Pakistan did not shut down Jaish-e-Mohammed facilities linked to the Pahalgam attack; instead it rebuilt the group's headquarters that had been destroyed in India's strikes.
Jaish-e-Mohammed HQ rebuilt
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2026-07-02 |
Diplomatic channels and dialogue between India and Pakistan have been shut since 2019, following India's abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir.
diplomatic freeze since 2019
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2026-07-02 |
61 Indians (including Omar Abdullah, Mehbooba Mufti, Manoj Jha, journalists and lawyers) and 57 Pakistanis jointly wrote a letter to the prime ministers of India and Pakistan urging resumption of talks, diplomatic ties, visas, sports, cultural exchange, border trade and bus services.
India-Pakistan peace letter
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| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
Pakistan is water-starved due to India suspending the Indus Waters Treaty and is responding by threatening India with nuclear war.
Indus Waters Treaty suspension
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2026-07-02 |
Pakistan's climate change minister Musadik Malik threatened that if India tries to stop Pakistan's share of water, 'we will cut off their hands'.
minister's water threat
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2026-07-02 |
PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said that if India tries to restrict waterways it would be considered an extreme situation, and that Pakistan would keep the option of a nuclear reaction open.
nuclear threat rhetoric
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2026-07-02 |
Former Pakistani foreign minister Hina Rabbani Khar said India is a rogue state and that suspending the Indus Waters Treaty shows India is not fit to remain in the UN General Assembly.
Khar's rogue remark
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| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
Several hydropower projects on the Chenab and Jhelum are underway or approved: the 1,000 MW Pakal Dul project in Kishtwar, the Dulhasti Stage II project, the Sawalkot project (stated as 10,856 MW costing ₹31,380 crore), and the 850 MW Ratle project.
Chenab hydropower projects
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2026-07-02 |
A Chenab–Beas link tunnel project costing ₹2,352 crore has begun in Himachal Pradesh, with an 8 km tunnel that will divert extra Chenab water to the Beas basin.
Chenab-Beas tunnel
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2026-07-02 |
Pakistan's Dawn newspaper reported that the Rice Canal is getting only 5,300 cusecs against 8,700 (a 38% shortfall), the Dadu Canal only 860 cusecs against about 5,000 (82% less), and the North Western Canal 2,100 against about 6,200 cusecs (a 64.1% shortfall).
Pakistan canal shortage
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2026-07-02 |
India has not completely stopped water to Pakistan, but the change is that India now fulfills its own needs first and releases only the leftover water, unlike under the treaty.
water flow change
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| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
Under the Indus Waters Treaty, India also paid Pakistan ₹83 crore.
treaty payment
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2026-07-02 |
Under the treaty, the Indus, Jhelum and Chenab went to Pakistan while the Sutlej, Beas and Ravi went to India, with India receiving only 20% of the six rivers' water and Pakistan 80% for 65 years.
water share split
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2026-07-02 |
The 1960 Indus Waters Treaty was mediated by the World Bank and signed by Indian PM Jawaharlal Nehru and Pakistani President Field Marshal Ayub Khan, after 13 years of dispute following the 1947 partition.
treaty signing 1960
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2026-07-02 |
After the April 2025 Pahalgam attack, India suspended the Indus Waters Treaty for the first time on 23 April 2025.
treaty suspension
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2026-07-02 |
The Indus Waters Treaty was signed on 19 September 1960 and survived the 1965 war, the 1971 war, Kargil in 1999, the Mumbai terror attack, and the Pulwama attack.
Indus treaty history
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2026-07-02 |
In the last 78 years, India has fought three wars with Pakistan.
India-Pakistan wars
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| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
Pakistan's very foundation rests on betrayal; the country is full of trophy-thief leaders and its only work is nurturing terrorists.
Pakistan's character
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2026-07-02 |
On 25 December 2015 PM Narendra Modi made a surprise visit to Pakistan for Nawaz Sharif's granddaughter's wedding event, and on 2 January 2016 the Pathankot airbase was attacked by terrorists.
Pathankot attack
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2026-07-02 |
Two months after the September 2008 Manmohan Singh–Zardari joint statement at the UN General Assembly, Pakistan sent 10 terrorists on 26 November 2008; the 26/11 Mumbai attack killed more than 170 people.
26/11 Mumbai attack
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2026-07-02 |
In July 2001 Pakistani President Musharraf came to India for the Agra Summit, and in December 2001 there was a terrorist attack on India's Parliament.
Parliament attack 2001
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In February 1999 PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee took a bus to Lahore; Pakistan then infiltrated the Kargil area while army chief Musharraf prepared an attack, resulting in the Kargil war in May 1999.
Kargil war
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2026-07-02 |
Then-PM Rajiv Gandhi visited Pakistan in 1989, and in return, by the end of 1989 an era of Pakistan-backed terrorism began in Kashmir.
1989 Kashmir terrorism
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