Pakistan Slams India for Unilateral Suspension of IWT

News Desk
ISLAMABAD: Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar stated on Wednesday that India cannot arbitrarily set aside its binding international obligations simply when they become inconvenient, directly addressing New Delhi’s unilateral suspension of the historic water-sharing accord.
Addressing the ministerial meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Contact Group on Jammu and Kashmir on the sidelines of the 81st UN General Assembly session in New York,
Dar emphasized that the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) remains fully in force. He noted that the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) reaffirmed the treaty’s enduring status in August, explicitly ruling that India possesses no legal justification to terminate or suspend the agreement unilaterally.
The diplomatic friction stems from New Delhi’s unilateral move to suspend the accord in April last year, which subsequently escalated into a brief military conflict between the nuclear-armed neighbors in May 2025.
Pakistan has consistently maintained that the decades-old water pact contains no provisions allowing for such arbitrary suspensions, viewing the Indian maneuvers as a direct threat to regional stability and bilateral resource management.
As international legal bodies continue to validate Islamabad’s stance, diplomatic channels remain focused on compelling New Delhi to reverse its contentious position. Analysts expect the issue to feature prominently in ongoing multilateral forums as Pakistan rallies global support to uphold bilateral treaties and ensure compliance with international law.