Sir — A passenger from the Philippines recently wore several layers of clothing to avoid paying excess baggage fee to the airline. The Indus Waters Treaty was signed between India and Pakistan in September 1960, by the first prime minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru, and the then president of Pakistan, Ayub Khan. As per this treaty, India shares the Indus waters with Pakistan. In the aftermath of the 2016 Uri attack, too, Modi had declared that “blood and water cannot flow together”, threatening to revoke the Indus Waters Treaty. The Bharatiya Janata Party leaders in particular keep promising to withdraw water from Pakistan, especially during elections.

Source: The Telegraph October 19, 2019 23:15 UTC