Given the size of the two countries, the time has come To share the waters, instead of the rivers, in an inverse proportion: India 70 percent and Pakistan 30
In a private conversation, an American scholar once described the Pakistan army as the monkey behind India. The phrase is used to describe a huge and irresoluble problem. He has also said that Leg said another country and the army, the army has a country in Pakistan.
What happens with this particular military monkey is that it meets the classical definition of madness. This definition is attributed to a person no less than Albert Einstein, namely, “madness is doing the same and again and expects different results.”
Since 1948, the Pakistani army has provided sufficient proof of this definition. It was in that year that he first tried to take Cashmira by force. He has continued trying and failing repeatedly.
Not just that. An army also has one leg to rent. First, Americans and now the Chinese have rented it. Ironically, Mohammad Ali Jinnaah had called Muslims in the Congress party as’Bhaday Ke MusalmanOr Muslims for rent.
It has not imported whether it is a civil or a military government. Pakistan’s army has refused to learn any lesson. And it is always available for rent.
So, the question against India is whether it is obliged to feed the country of this army. All these years we have assumed that if we feed it, there is the possibility of changing your behavior. But since that did not happen and seems unlikely to happen, the time has come to stop feeding it.
This is the perspective in which you must see the decision to put the treaty of the Indo’s waters in suspense. There is nothing like thirst, special in the summer, to teach a monkey new tricks.
Some people think it is morally incorrect “arm” water. But that is an incorrect term to use. Encourage or push is more precise.
Share water, no rivers
Have you ever wondered why, when the rest of the world shares the waters, do we share the rivers? The idea did not originate in India or in Pakistan.
Instead, he came from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, as the World Bank was known. That was in 1954.
At that time, IBRD was one of the important instruments in the United States so that landscape cooperation. The United States had rented Pakistan through the Central Organization of the Treaty (CENTO) and the organization of the Southeast Asia Treaty (Seato). The way Pakistan became part of Southeast Asia testified its available for the rental character.
Anyway, the IBRD “persuaded” India to accept not only an exchange of rivers but also a strange assignment of rivers. To date there is no good explanation of why Jawaharlal Nehru agreed this counterproductive agreement. All we have are statements saying it was fair. Just for Pakistan, that’s.
The Treaty of the Water of the Indo was the result in 1960. India obtained 41 billion cubic meters. Pakistan obtained 99 billion cubic meters. In general, India obtained only 30 percent of the Indo System waters. Pakistan obtained 70 percent.
Was that fair? It seems that Pakistan had 21 million hectares to irrigate compared to the 5 of India. Enough was said for current needs. The future was ignored. It was a ridiculous arrangement for any criteria. That is why, in recent years, India has a bone asking for a new treaty.
Given the size of the two countries, the time has come to share the waters, instead of the rivers, in an inverse proportion: India 70 percent and Pakistan 30. If you note, you cannot prevent Pakistan from stealing water from his water. The syndhis are not fun.
Sindh is also the strength of the Bhutto family party, the PPP. He is now in coalition with Nawaz’s Punjab party and Shahbaz Sharif called Pakistan Muslim League (N). But both are mortal enemies.
India will need help
To obtain a new treaty, India will need American help. Time seems appropriate for that. That is perhaps that is why the Pakistani prime minister reminded the United States that his country had the “dirty work” for 30 years. It is 45, real, starting with the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in December 1979.
Pakistan can ask China for help. That aid can come in many ways, including the launch of cyber attacks against Indian institutions and infrastructure.
But just as the United States had to do it, China will also have to decide if Pakistan is the problem. A friendly India can keep Chinese factories working. A friendly Pakistan will be both use and a reassured monkey.
Posted on April 27, 2025
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