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tv   Land Liberty  Al Jazeera  February 21, 2019 11:57pm-12:00am +03

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perry to launch a final assault on the area which is i sill is last stronghold. at least seventy people have died in bangladesh capital dhaka are after five ripped through several buildings and pope francis has opened a landmark meeting on child sex abuse in the catholic church by demanding concrete action against predator priests. well in all the stories we're following india says that it will cost off water supplies to pakistan from rivers that come under a treaty between the two nations water of three rivers flowing into pakistan over which india has full rights to under a treaty will be diverted to the young moon a river will move is in retaliation to last week's attack in indian administered kashmir in which at least forty one indian troops were killed hamad an armed group based in pakistan says it was behind the attack the indian government accuses pakistani authorities of supporting the group first jamil is following the story from new delhi. water has always been a contentious issue between india and pakistan that's why the world bank brokered
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this treaty in one nine hundred sixty s. it covers water lockin of six rivers the three western rivers that flow through india into pakistan that water lockman is for box on and won't be touched this concerns three eastern rivers now the water a lot meant goes to india but the access that it didn't use always called in the pocket on freely india says that's not going to happen any more going to take that excess water and divert it to its own people and its own projects in india in a suitcase near and the indian state of punjab and parts of pakistan will really feel that because they are prone to drought and really did you rely on that excess water it also puts the nine hundred sixty treaty into a bit of a contentious place now under the treaty pakistan has complained many times on indian projects in fact and the end of january an india pakistan team came to india and objected to the height of a dam being built now those objections are likely to fall on deaf ears it's part of the hard line that india is taking against pakistan and light of last week's
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attacks in indian administered kashmir which india blames on a group based in pakistan if anything this shows that they are continuing their hard campaign again.

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