Islamabad (TDI): An international seminar titled “Water Crisis and the Indus Waters Treaty” will be held on 4 June, at the COMSTECH Secretariat Auditorium. The event is being jointly organized by OIC-COMSTECH, the Karachi Council on Foreign Relations (KCFR), the Hisaar Foundation, and the Panjwani-Hisaar Water Institute, NED University, Karachi.
This timely seminar comes in the wake of India’s unilateral suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) in May 2025; a move that has significantly heightened tensions in the region and brought nuclear-armed neighbors perilously close to conflict.
The seminar will bring together a distinguished panel of national and international experts in the fields of hydrology, environmental law, international diplomacy, climate resilience, and strategic security, to critically assess the implications of the treaty’s suspension and explore Pakistan’s strategic options going forward.
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The speakers of the seminar include:
- Chairperson, Karachi Council on Foreign Relations, Nadira Panjwani
- Coordinator General OIC- COMSTECH, Dr. M. Iqbal Choudhary
- Senior Parliamentarian and Security Analyst, Senator Mushahid Hussain Syed
- Defense and Strategic Affairs Expert, Ikram Sehgal
- Founder & Chairperson, Hisaar Foundation, Simi Kamal
The seminar seeks not only to address the immediate diplomatic and environmental implications of the IWT crisis, but also to advance regional and multilateral cooperation on shared water resources.
It aims to explore adaptive, resilience-building strategies and help define a long-term strategic roadmap for Pakistan’s water governance in an era of climate insecurity and geopolitical fragility.
Rather than a reactive measure, this seminar is part of a broader vision by COMSTECH to leverage science, diplomacy, and policy innovation to ensure sustainable and secure transboundary water management for Pakistan and the broader OIC region.
Sohail Majeed
Sohail Majeed is a Special Correspondent at The Diplomatic Insight. He has twelve plus years of experience in journalism & reporting. He covers International Affairs, Diplomacy, UN, Sports, Climate Change, Economy, Technology, and Health.
