In a formal letter from India's Water Resources Secretary Debashree Mukherjee to her Pakistani counterpart Syed Ali Murtaza, it is stated that Islamabad had breached the treaty conditions through sustained cross-border terrorism targeting Jammu and Kashmir.

With the Pahalgam attack, Pakistan has made it clear that it’s itching for war. But why does a cash-strapped nation want a war that goes against all rationale? The answer may lie in the longstanding ideological opposition to India mixed with compulsions of General Asim Munir to restore the military’s primacy in the country.

With tensions heightened between India and Pakistan in the wake of attack on tourists in Pahalgam, the Pakistan army on Friday initiated firing of small arms in some places along the Line of Control (LoC), sources in the know said, adding that the Indian Army responded effectively, and no casualties had been reported.