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Yusra Mushtaq headwaters of the rivers running into West Punjab, Pakistan’s main agricultural province, which is greatly dependent on irrigation for its prosperity. The water issues are in fact one of the major cause of this ongoing stalemate, particularly from the perspective of Pakistan. 7 Source: http://www.wisdomquarterly.blogspot.com/2008 Kashmir’s Water Potentials The territorial dispute for strategic resources upon which both countries absolutely depend for their stability and survival is centered in Jammu Kashmir. Geographically, three of the five key tributaries and the Indus River pass through 32 ISSRA Papers 2009
“Contemporary Models of Conflict Resolution: Re-Visiting the Prospects of Unknotting the Kashmir Dispute” A 2005 report by the Strategic Foresight Group found that the Indus Basin Water Treaty only offers a frail defense against heightened conflict over river resources between Pakistan and India, and that it is only a matter of time before water war becomes a virtually unavoidable feature of the region’s political environment. Every proposal made by Pakistan through track-II diplomatic channels since 1999 has referred to water as a pivotal concern. 8 Pakistan views India’s dams and upper riparian status as potential means to economically squeeze or starve Pakistan, or alternatively to flood it, conceivably for military purposes. However, Indians hold this view that Pakistan is making virtually impossible to exploit effectively the non-consumptive uses, especially hydropower production. 9 The opportunity to tap the Jhelum and the Chenab rivers would provide windfall gains not only to India’s side of the Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir, but also to its three states of Punjab, Rajasthan and Haryana. 10 The Kashmiris The Kashmiris are people of a large territory which is not part of any existing sovereign state. They have been assured by the entire international community represented by the United Nations that they would have complete freedom to decide their future by a free vote. But Pakistan, India and the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) have failed to resolve the dispute. They are the major factor in resolving the conflict as no solution is acceptable without their acceptance. The Kashmiris have suffered constantly but are unable to get relief. They have been suffering from injustice, insecurity, violence, terrorism and identity crisis. This is further fortifying by a longer term threat to their survival because of an uncertain future in the South Asian region. The arbitrary bifurcation of Kashmir has divided thousands of Kashmir families into different parts of the world because of the intense volatility of the Kashmir conflict. With the passage of time, the Kashmir conflict tend to put the people of Kashmir in a very crucial situation because of two main reasons. First, if their leadership fails to play the cards well, ISSRA Papers 2009 33
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