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The issue of water sharing between India and Pakistan has been in dispute since last year. After the Pahalgam attack, India suspended the Indus Water Treaty and started work on its plans to build a dam on the Chenab River. After this Pakistan has become angry regarding this issue. Pakistani leaders and army officers have even threatened India with war in this matter. Meanwhile, Supreme Court of Pakistan lawyer and former acting Law Minister Ahmar Bilal Sufi has made a big claim. He says that there are some rules in international law due to which the dams being built by India do not get complete protection from military attacks.
According to international law, some large structures like dams are given protection in case of war. On this, in his article written in Pakistani newspaper Dawn, Ahmar Bilal Sufi has raised the question whether Pakistan can really attack the Indian dams being built on the Chenab River or not. India is working on four major water projects in the upper reaches of Chenab, including Pakal Dul, Kiru, Kwar, Ratle and Sawalkot.
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Pakistan can target water tunnels
According to Sufi, the biggest question is whether Pakistan can target these dams or water tunnels. This is seen under Article 56 of Additional Protocol I of the Geneva Convention of 1949, in which protection is given to dams and such places during war. He says that if any structure is being used for military purposes against another country then it cannot get the right to security. According to him, in this case the dams being built cannot be considered completely safe because they are being built for military purposes, even if they are useful for the common people. International law also says that if a country claims to be harming the agriculture and food system of another country by blocking water, then that can be a reason to stop that construction on that basis.
Statement of India’s Water Minister CR Patil
Ahmar Sufi says that India’s attitude gives Pakistan an opportunity to say that these dams are being built for aggressive purposes. For this he has also given two examples. First, the statement of India’s Water Minister CR Patil that not even a drop of water will be given to Pakistan in the future. Second, India says that Operation Sindoor is not over yet. Pakistan believes that blocking water can create major problems for irrigation and food. Therefore, if Pakistan takes steps to stop or delay any such construction within the ambit of international law, then it can be considered right.
Purpose of punishing Pakistan
Sufi also says that India is linking this dam with the purpose of punishing Pakistan. If India had worked under the Indus Water Treaty, Pakistan could not have objected, but by blocking the treaty, India has weakened the normal protection given to the dams. He also says that in the event of a war, dams are generally considered safe, but an empty dam does not get this security because its breakage does not pose a big threat, hence from the time of construction till filling of water, such dams do not get complete security and Pakistan’s strategic experts also know this.
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