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The truth about water wars: India, Pakistan & 2025 floods

Why climate change and poor planning matter more than rhetoric

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Amber Shamsi

Pakistan Editor

Amber Rahim Shamsi is an award-winning multimedia journalist, political commentator, and free speech advocate with extensive experience in media development. She previously served as Director of the Centre for Excellence in Journalism (CEJ) at IBA, where she spearheaded the launch of iVerify Pakistan, a UNDP-supported fact-checking platform. A former BBC World Service bilingual reporter, she has hosted three major current affairs shows on Pakistani news channels. She is also an IVLP and ICFJ Digital Fellow, a media trainer, and an advocate for press freedom and gender representation in journalism.

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Massive floods are drowning villages on both sides of Punjab, but why, despite threats, couldn’t India choke Pakistan’s water supply?

In this episode of The Story Behind, Nukta Pakistan Editor Amber Shamsi unpacks how India’s 'water weapon' backfired, the political blame games in Delhi and Islamabad, and what journalist Tahir Mehdi says about the myths and realities of water wars.

Key topics in this video:

  • 2025 Punjab floods in India and Pakistan
  • What went wrong
  • Why Modi’s water threat didn’t work
  • BJP, AAP, Congress, and Pakistan’s political fallout
  • Why climate change and poor planning matter more than rhetoric

What do you think? Can water ever truly be 'weaponised' or is it always a shared risk? Tell us in the comments, Amber reads and replies!

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