Pak pleads for dialogue after India stands firm on suspending Indus Water Treaty
Pakistan is urging India to engage in dialogue regarding the Indus Waters Treaty after India rejected a tribunal's ruling on the matter. India maintains that the arbitration process is illegal and continues to hold the treaty in abeyance.
Why it matters
The dispute over the 1960 water-sharing agreement is a significant geopolitical friction point between two nuclear-armed neighbors.
NEW DELHI: Just days after India rejected an international tribunal's ruling on the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) and dismissed its jurisdiction, Pakistan on Wednesday urged New Delhi to engage "constructively" within the framework of the 1960 water-sharing agreement.According to news agency PTI, Pakistan foreign office spokesperson Tahir Andrabi said the Permanent Court of Arbitration had reaffirmed that the treaty remained fully enforced and binding. Pakistan, he said, would take “all possible measures” to ensure the decision was implemented.Andrabi said Pakistan remained committed to implementing the treaty in letter and spirit in accordance with its language and provisions.Pakistan will continue to urge India to reciprocate with the same approach whereby the treaty is upheld in letter and spirit and in its full legal documented provisions, he said, according to PTI.Pakistan had approached the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague in March 2026, seeking a determination on the status of the…
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