Effects of Industrialization on Indo-Pak Water Politics: A Comparative Study of Egypt in Hindsight – A Pakistan Perspective

Abstract

We are witnessing recently a surge and commitment to utilize the full potential of the industrial base in both India and Pakistan. Pakistan, particularly, is trying to take the economy out from an unpredictably performing agrarian to a mixed or industrialized one. Being riparian states with massive population growth coupled with increasing domestic demand for water and food Pakistan and India very much rely on their agriculture sector amid loud cries for more industrialization. This study intends to find the role and effect that industrialization may usher in Indo-Pak relations in the retrospect of water politics, keeping in hindsight the comparative study of Egypt, which resembles Pakistan in the matter at hand. The research was carried out following the qualitative research methods. The secondary data was collected by searching keywords and reviewing the recent literature and analyzing through meta-analysis. The study concludes that an increase in Industrialization will intensify water politics in particular and worsen the already deteriorating relations in general between India and Pakistan.