Climate minister casts Indus Waters Treaty dispute as global test of 'water justice'
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- Make us preferred on Google Minister for Climate Change Musadik Malik addresses an international seminar on the Indus Waters Treaty in Islamabad on June 30, 2026.
- Solangi ultimately abandoned farming altogether and now works as a labourer in Karachi.
- “Generations of farming lost to water,” Malik said, adding that Solangi’s story was far from unique.
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Home latest pakistan world sports showbiz entertainment Royal business health Sci-Tech Food Fact Check big picture Videos shows Watch LIVE TV X Home Latest Pakistan World Sports Showbiz Fact Check big picture Videos Shows LIVE TV Pakistan Climate minister casts Indus Waters Treaty dispute as global test of 'water justice' Pakistan has taken the IWT matter to international arbitration, says Musadik Malik By Web Desk | Published July 01, 2026
Make us preferred on Google Minister for Climate Change Musadik Malik addresses an international seminar on the Indus Waters Treaty in Islamabad on June 30, 2026. — Geo NewsMinister for Climate Change Musadik Malik delivered an impassioned address this week, framing the unravelling of the Indus Waters Treaty as a defining test case for water rights of downstream nations worldwide.
Malik opened with the story of Iqbal Solangi, a Pakistani farmer whose family had worked the land for seven or eight generations before being wiped out by repeated flooding, first in 2010, then again in 2012, and once more in 2022. Solangi ultimately abandoned farming altogether and now works as a labourer in Karachi.