Treaty: World Bank and Pakistan

treaty: Pakistan, a country of 200 million people with a largely agriculture-based economy, fears that India may tamper with the 1960 Indus Water Treaty, brokered by the World Bank, which calls for the unimpeded flow of three other rivers through Kashmir and farther into Pakistan proper, according to The Toronto Star. The treaty has worked despite three wars between the two countries since 1947. Water Resources Minister Nitin Gadkari said that India will harness its share of unused water from three rivers to help Indian states. Our Govt. has decided to stop our share of water which used to flow to Pakistan. Article Continued Below Public pressure is mounting on the Indian government to consider revoking the water treaty if Pakistan did not accept its demand to stop training and arming insurgent groups fighting for Kashmir's independence or its merger with Pakistan. We will divert water from eastern rivers and supply it to our people in Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab, Gadkari tweeted late Thursday. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.