A believer writes, ‘Pakistan and India have fought three major wars over Kashmir or over water rights of five rivers flowing into Pakistan. There is a UN resolution that allows India to use the water from two of the rivers. India has built dams on two more of the rivers and is now planning to build a dam on the fifth, the Indus. Pakistan has the largest canal system in the world and totally depends on the water from these rivers for their crops. There have been droughts and starvation leading to war when the water from the rivers was cut off. The line between these two countries is the "zero line". Both countries have nuclear weapons. War is being talked about in both countries’ papers and news media. War happens here when the leadership is about to fall, to divert people’s attention and rally people behind them. In each country there have been calls for their prime minister to be removed.’
Pakistan prayer letter
Written by David Fletcher 28 Oct 2016Additional Info
- Pray: for the situation to be calmed down, and for people on both sides of the border to pray for peace. (Nu.6:26)