ISLAMABAD, Jun 02 (Alliance News): A high-level international seminar titled “Water Crisis and the Indus Waters Treaty” will be held on June 4 at the COMSTECH Secretariat Auditorium in Islamabad.
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 of NED University, Karachi.
This timely seminar comes in response to India’s unilateral suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty in May 2025, a move that has escalated tensions in the region and brought the nuclear-armed neighbours dangerously close to conflict.
The seminar will bring together national and international experts in hydrology, environmental law, international diplomacy, climate resilience, and strategic security to critically examine the implications of this development and explore Pakistan’s future strategy.
Key speakers at the seminar include Ms Nadira Panjwani, Chairperson of the Karachi Council on Foreign Relations; Prof Dr M Iqbal Choudhary, Coordinator General of OIC-COMSTECH; Senator Mushahid Hussain Syed, a senior parliamentarian and security analyst; Mr Ikram Sehgal, a well-known defence and strategic affairs expert; Ms Simi Kamal, Founder and Chairperson of the Hisaar Foundation and Co-founder of the Panjwani-Hisaar Water Institute; Mr Ali Tauqeer Sheikh, an international expert on climate finance; Mr Rafay Alam, an environmental legal expert; and Mr Zohair Ashir, Member of the Board of Governors of the Hisaar Foundation and Executive Board Member of the Panjwani-Hisaar Water Institute.
The purpose of the seminar is to not only address the immediate diplomatic and environmental implications of the Indus Waters Treaty crisis but also to foster regional and multilateral cooperation on shared water resources.
It will explore adaptive and resilience-building strategies while laying the foundation for a long-term roadmap for Pakistan’s water governance in an era of climate insecurity and geopolitical instability.
Rather than being a reactive measure, the seminar reflects COMSTECH’s broader vision to harness science, diplomacy, and policy innovation to ensure sustainable and secure transboundary water management for both Pakistan and the wider OIC region.
