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The Indus Waters Treaty: Correcting the record, preserving the law
The article critiques P.K. Saxena's claims that the Indus Waters Treaty was unjust to India and defends the treaty as a necessary legal framework ensuring water certainty for Pakistan. It corrects historical context, stating the treaty emerged from the 1948 canal-water crisis to replace upstream discretion with legal obligations.
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