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Abstract

In recent decades, water shortage has become a serious concern for the global community. With the threat of drought and water scarcity looming over several nations, state practice with respect to water cooperation and transboundary water rights has developed rapidly. In light of these developments and the recent skirmishes between India and Pakistan, the Indus Waters Treaty of 1960 between the two states becomes questionable for being outdated and incapable of meeting the contemporary water, environmental, and ecological challenges facing them. There is, therefore, a pressing need to review the Indus Waters Treaty and to assess Pakistan’s rights to transboundary waters shared with India under the rapidly developing customary international law.