Flooding in Pakistan from water flowing downstream from India was exacerbated by New Delhi’s suspension of Indus Waters Treaty and the collapse of gates on an Indian barrage, Pakistani officials said on Friday.

Torrential monsoon rains have ravaged both India and Pakistan this week, with more heavy downpours forecast for the weekend.

On Friday, floodwaters reached the outskirts of Lahore, Pakistan’s second-largest city, and threatened to submerge the major town of Jhang, in what officials described as the worst flooding in nearly 40 years in that region.

The two countries share rivers originating in India that flow into Pakistan, regulated for more than six decades under the Indus Waters Treaty. India suspended the treaty earlier this year following an attack that killed 26 people, whic

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