Issues of conflict between India and

Pakistan

Sir Creek

Siachin Glacier

Water disputes-(Salal, Wullar, Baglihar and Krishna

Ganga Projects

Sir Creek

Western terminas of Pak-India border in

Runn of Kutch

Unsolved since 1969

Economically important rather than military

point of view

Energy rich region,oil and gas reserves

below the sea bed.

India claims that boundary should run in the

middle while Pakistan maintains that it is

part of Sindh.

Boundary already demarcated in 1914

under British Indian Government

Eight round of talks have been held till

now without a breakthrough

Pakistan has proposed for

international arbitration but India flatly

refuses it.

Siachin Glacier

Located in the eastern Karakorm

range in the Himalaya Mountains

70 km long strip

Longest in the Karakorm and second

largest in the world’s non-polar

regions

Both the countries have maintained

permanent military presence in the

region

India wants Pakistan to officially

recognize LoC as permanent border, a

demand that Pakistan can never

accept

Almost 1 million dollars expenditure a

day

Water disputes

Salal dam on River Chenab

Wullar Barrage-a storage at Wullar

lake in 1980’s

Project halted in 1987 due to

Pakistan’s objection

Baglihar Dam-project on River

Chenab ,conceived in1992 and

construction began in 1999.

Serious implications for Pakistan

agriculture

In 2007 the matter decided by World

Bank

Krishna Ganga Project is 330 mega

watt dam

Located in Muzafarabad

Diversion will change the course of

Neelum by around 100 km and

Pakistan’s Neelum Valley will dry up

About 1228 water sharing treaties

have been signed in the last 50 years,

but still the disputes persist between

both of the nuclear powers of the

region.