Pakistan warns India against water weaponization at Indus Waters Treaty seminar
Pakistani ministers said the treaty cannot be revoked unilaterally and warned that any move to cut water flows would threaten regional peace.
- On Monday, Information Minister Attaullah Tarar stated the Indus Waters Treaty cannot be unilaterally revoked as Pakistan prepared to present the treaty's legal and technical aspects to global experts at an Islamabad seminar on Tuesday.
- India suspended treaty obligations last year following the Pahalgam attack that killed 26 tourists, though Pakistan strongly denies New Delhi's cross-border terrorism allegations and maintains the 1960 World Bank-brokered agreement remains binding.
- With 40-50% of Pakistan's population relying on agriculture, Climate Change Minister Musadik Malik warned that restricting water supplies threatens food security, emphasizing that a neighboring prime minister controls the 'tap' to this lifeline.
- Recent Permanent Court of Arbitration awards have affirmed Pakistan's position, placing 'substantive limits on India's water-control capability' as the international community endorses its legal stance on treaty rights.
- Indian Water Minister CR Patil recently vowed to ensure 'not a single drop of water' flows into Pakistan, while Islamabad maintains that any attempt to change cross-border waterway flows would be considered an 'act of war.
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Pakistan warns India against water weaponization at Indus Waters Treaty seminar
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