DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA JOURNALISM OF COURAGE THURSDAY, MAY 15, 2025, AHMEDABAD, LATE CITY, 20 PAGES `5.00 ● WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM SINCE 1932 DAYS AFTER IT SUSPENDED TREATY, DELHI CONSIDERING ISLAMABAD RESPONSE Firsttime,PaksayswillingtodiscussIndusterms Encourage direct India, IAEA: No radiation leak Pak communication: US or release from any walks back on mediation nuclear facility in Pak Pak Water Resources Secretary offers to discuss specific terms of 1960 Treaty on which India has objections HARIKISHAN SHARMA NEW DELHI, MAY 14 DAYS AFTER India notified Pakistan that it was placing the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) inabeyancewith“immediateeffect”followingthePahalgamterror attack, Islamabad has — for thefirsttime—signalleditswillingness to discuss Delhi’s concernsaboutthetreaty,TheIndian Express has learned. Pakistan’s Water Resources Secretary,SyedAliMurtaza,isunderstood to have recently respondedtoIndia’sformalintimation of the Union Cabinet’s decision to keep the treaty in abeyance, and offered to, on behalf of his government, discuss thespecifictermsIndiaobjectsto. Sources aware of the development said, Murtaza, however, questioned the basis of the decision, pointing out that the treaty itself didnothaveanyexitclause. Murtaza’s offer to discuss India’s objections is especially significant because despite two prior notices — in January 2023 and again in September 2024 — requesting a “review and modification”of theIWT,Pakistanhad notexpresseditsexplicitwillingness so far. It is only after India CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 SHUBHAJIT ROY NEW DELHI, MAY 14 BSF constable Purnam Kumar Shaw (centre) was returned to India after three weeks in Pakistani custody. PTI PAGE12 FACING A pushback from India on US President Donald Trump’s remark about mediation on Kashmir, the US State Department has sought to nuance Washington’s position by saying it “encourages direct communication” between India and Pakistan and commends Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif for choosing the path of peace. GOVT & POLITICS DELHISENDSTEAMTO U.N.TOLISTTRFAS TERRORGROUP P15 The State Department is awareofNewDelhi’ssensitivities on an issue like mediation by the US, and has articulated a carefully-crafted factual statement that doesn’t wade into the IndiaPakistanpolitics,anddoesn’tcontradict President Trump either. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 ANIL SASI NEW DELHI, MAY 14 THE GLOBAL nuclear watchdog, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), has said that there has been “no radiation leak” from any nuclear facility in Pakistan after the escalated military engagement with India. The Vienna-based global nuclearwatchdog’sreply,toaquery from The Indian Express, ties in with the earlier response by the IndianAirForcethatIndiahasnot hitanytargetinPakistan’sKirana A satellite image of the damaged Sargodha air base runway hit by India. PTI Hills, which is reported to house some nuclear installations. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 BY UNNY ‘Cancerous’: HC orders FIR against MP Minister for targeting Col Qureshi Owner of Rottweiler that mauled infant to death held, dog impounded ANAND MOHAN J BUSINESS AS USUAL BRENDAN DABHI & RITU SHARMA BHOPAL, MAY 14 GUJARAT PORTAL TO EXPEDITE CYBER CRIME REFUND LAUNCHED P4 THE MADHYA Pradesh High Court Wednesday ordered an FIR against state Tribal Affairs Minister Kunwar Vijay Shah for his remarks directed at Colonel Sofiya Qureshi who was part of the daily media briefings by the Indian Armed Forces on Operation Sindoor. Shah’s comments targeting CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 MP minister Vijay Shah under fire over remark AHMEDABAD, MAY 14 THE EDITORIAL PAGE FIRE THE MINISTER Government must send this much-needed message given the abuse machine. Colonel Qureshi deserves better P8 CJI GAVAI TAKES CHARGE: President Droupadi Murmu administers the oath of office to Justice B R Gavai as the 52nd Chief Justice of India at Rashtrapati Bhavan. ANI PAGE15 TWODAYSafterapetRottweiler mauled a four-month-old girl, resulting in her death, and injuredherauntinaresidentialsociety in Ahmedabad, the owner of the dog was arrested on Wednesday. The Cattle Nuisance Control Department (CNCD) of the Ahmedabad Municipal Dilip Ganpat Patel, was booked for causing death by negligence Corporation (AMC) impounded the Rottweiler on Tuesday and has kept it at the civic body’s dog shelter. Taking cognisance of the CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Ahmedabad